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Germany’s Constitutional Court confirmed as expected the legality of the Eurozone’s bailout fund which approved the legality of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). The court stated that the 700-billion-euro fund did not violate...
Contrary to what Lithuania’s prime minister claims, discussions on euro introduction are far from over. They might be over for those who have had the task of convincing Lithuanians about the benefits of having the euro. Still, the euro will...
Ghost towns. Spanish minimum. Broken rules. This week’s headlines from Europe are dominated by the wild situation in Ukraine. The man with a gold-plated toilet brush and a pirate ship is lost somewhere, and so there is green light for...
The European Commission, through its Directorate for Research and Innovation, has published the latest results of a comparison of innovation performance among EU member states. Compared to the rest of the world, the countries of the EU as a whole...
Sometimes it seems that all tax news is bad. France has raised its top income tax rate to a scandalous 75%. Eleven EU member states are set to introduce a financial transaction tax. Lithuania is debating progressive taxation and higher taxes...
The current events in Ukraine are a genuine reminder of what the West takes for granted and the East has worked so hard to achieve. Personal liberty, rule of law, a society organized on voluntary cooperation of free individuals is not a boring...
Reforms from Florence. We want no brave heart in the EU. The Swiss are saving up while the Greeks score. Italy has a new Prime Minister since Enrico Letta was ousted in a vote of his own party. Italy’s politics is part of its pop-culture,...
An extra-terrestrial observer would have noticed a global financial and economic crisis on planet Earth. Many earthlings would say this is a mess we humans have put ourselves into. And, although there are wide differences regarding how the situation...
Westerners do not want Easterners; the Swiss do not want anyone; luxury cars for the Portuguese; Reding’s karma. It happens that even an American politician may forget that they too may be bugged. The U.S. diplomat for European Affairs...
In this text published few days ago: “How can state destroy a market easily? Like this!“, I wrote about a brand new regulation imposed on distilling industry in the Czech Republic. It is obvious one can find a lot of similar examples...
