If that isn’t defeat, what is? French Prime Minister François Bayrou asked for the confidence of the National Assembly, and only 194 MPs gave him their confidence, while 364 said no. Just imagine: the head of a sitting government loses a vote of confidence, …
Norway held elections yesterday. However, hardly anyone in Germany and Europe is interested in this, as we know that the country has so much money in reserve (in its sovereign wealth fund) thanks to its rich oil and gas reserves that it no longer needs to worry about the future. …
The latest data for the German economy is once again signalling weakness. The ifo index for August has just been published, showing that nothing more than stagnation is to be expected in German industry at the end of the summer. This is not surprising. …
Many are surprised that the EU Commission has achieved so little in its trade talks with the US. People everywhere are complaining that the EU should have been more courageous and threatened countermeasures. How could it have been allowed to happen that the Americans imposed tariffs and the Europeans simply did nothing? …
