With the return of austerity to Europe, financial aid for Ukraine is now competing with green investments

The German government is a crisis - the chancellor's leadership style is not helping, but it is not the cause.

Demonstrations against the far-right an an exercise in virtue signalling.

The EU should focus on its long-term interests, and not obsess about the US.

One of the many ailments of the west is a generalised attention-deficit hyper-activity disorder that has swept into politics.

There will be no Nexit under Wilders, but he will oppose the most important things the EU does.

We should start to prepare for disappointment - our geopolitical conflicts do not look like they will end in glorious victory.

A Spanish amnesty law for Catalan independence leaders is turning into a nightmare for the EU

Bidenomics is the antithesis to Clintonomics - on macroeconomic policy, on trade policy, and on regulation. Don't try it at home.

The west's assertive foreign policy agenda is reaching its limits.

The former co-leader of the Left Party offers an entirely new deal - a social policy of the left, with themes of the right.

The war in the Middle East has divided Europeans - but not for the obvious reason

Old German divisions resurface as the country shifts away from Russia and reliance on heavy industries.

Europe's centre-right has discover a new way back to power

The worst way to deal with populists is to demonise them and to isolate them. This is how political centrism will die.

Twenty years ago, economists were the stars of public policy. That is no longer so.

The confrontation between Finland and Russia during World War II offers a glimpse of how the Ukraine war might end.

Without fundamental reform to the way the EU works, Ukraine cannot become a member

If the EU sticks to its fiscal rules, it won't have enough money for its geopolitical ambitions. www.eurointelligence.com

How wishful thinking is dominating western commentary about Russia and Ukraine