Mario Draghi constitutes an irresistible proposition for Italians. But not for long.

The European Union used to do a few things well. Now it does a lot of things badly.

With its disastrous vaccine procurement policy, the EU committed the ultimate mistake: it has given people a rational reason to oppose European integration.

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.

Europeans often confuse strategic goals with commercial gain. Maximising your trade surplus is not a strategy.

The UK needs to move on from Brexit. But so does the EU.

Inflation forecasts won't get any better, but what will change this decade is inflation itself: a secular shift lies ahead

Last week will not remembered as the great diplomatic triumph for Angela Merkel, but as the great sell-out

With variable geometry there would have been no eurozone crisis and no Brexit. The eurozone needs to integrate more, the EU less.

The best way to defeat Viktor Orbán and Mateusz Morawiecki is through enhanced co-operation. Otherwise, they defeat us.

Forget about the level playing field. There are bigger issues at stake in the EU/UK relationship.

Economic forecasts, epidemiological projections and opinion polling are wrong and biased. A bad combination.

The last thing the Europeans should do after a Biden victory is trying to revert to the comforts of the old relationship.

It's quite possible that Europe is celebrating the wrong Hamilton moment. The real one remains as elusive as ever.

EU-UK talks are too toxic right now. Better for UK to exit without a deal, and make a fresh start in 2021.

The ECB should not reconsider its inflation target. It should reconsider inflation targeting.

The north-south divide is now the biggest threat to the EU. It's about culture more than economics.