EU

Higher interest rates? Be careful what you wish for…

Yesterday we looked into the post-Brexit economic boom which has forced the Bank of England to raise its interest rates ahead of other major central…

Brexit: first amongst unequals in 2022

One of the odd things about the Brexit debate before the referendum was the lack of a cost-benefit analysis. One side provided us with the…

Trump? It was Merkel all along!

2022 has begun with record Covid cases, a testing debacle and Brexit shenanigans. Some things never change… However, the UK’s ability to deal with our…

Are we really better off out?

Yesterday, we covered how the EU will change – without the UK to curb its various enthusiasms. Today, we’ll tackle the reverse. How will the…

What will the EU look like without the UK?

I’m sure Brexiteers feel vindicated about Brexit these days. But today, I’m wondering what the EU will look like in the future without the UK…

The threat of Polexit exposes the “legal illegitimacy” of the EU itself

The world stands aghast that a nation state like Poland would declare its own laws as having primacy over those of the EU. Does this…

Is the EU illegal?

While bond markets around the world wobble, the very foundations of the EU do too. And those foundations might not be on very legal ground.…

How much inflation will the Germans put up with?

It pains me to say it, but it’s time to start worrying about the Germans again. I’m a German of sorts. Our latest plan to…

Madame Legarde is a tapering data-slave in a Catch-22

Today, we take on the French in the guise of European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde. But, if you prefer the Germans, check out…

Evil bankers and flooded stock markets

Nigel Farage is on holidays this week – and so I brought in the reinforcements to cover the latest news about stock markets and geopolitics.…