17 January 2021
Europe needs a CDU leader who is not beholden to a 20th century industrial model. Armin Laschet, the new CDU chairman, is not that man.
08 January 2021
Europeans often confuse strategic goals with commercial gain. Maximising your trade surplus is not a strategy.
19 December 2020
Inflation forecasts won't get any better, but what will change this decade is inflation itself: a secular shift lies ahead
12 December 2020
Last week will not remembered as the great diplomatic triumph for Angela Merkel, but as the great sell-out
29 November 2020
With variable geometry there would have been no eurozone crisis and no Brexit. The eurozone needs to integrate more, the EU less.
21 November 2020
The best way to defeat Viktor Orbán and Mateusz Morawiecki is through enhanced co-operation. Otherwise, they defeat us.
15 November 2020
Forget about the level playing field. There are bigger issues at stake in the EU/UK relationship.
06 November 2020
Economic forecasts, epidemiological projections and opinion polling are wrong and biased. A bad combination.
01 November 2020
The last thing the Europeans should do after a Biden victory is trying to revert to the comforts of the old relationship.
26 October 2020
It's quite possible that Europe is celebrating the wrong Hamilton moment. The real one remains as elusive as ever.
19 October 2020
EU-UK talks are too toxic right now. Better for UK to exit without a deal, and make a fresh start in 2021.
12 October 2020
The ECB should not reconsider its inflation target. It should reconsider inflation targeting.
04 October 2020
The north-south divide is now the biggest threat to the EU. It's about culture more than economics.