Until recently, Germany has been the seemingly unbreakable workhorse that has pulled the European economy back from the brink and kept it ticking along through a myriad of internal and external pressures, as well as political crises, over the last de
The ING International Survey Savings 2019, the eighth in an annual series, surveyed 14,695 people in Europe, the US, and Australia, and discovered the majority worry about not having enough money in retirement. The findings show that many people are
As bureaucrats in Brussels wait for the other shoe to drop following the completion of the Commerce Department's report on whether auto imports represented a "national security threat" (spoiler: they do), they are once again making it clear to the Wh
Last month at Davos, George Soros turned around completely on China, echoing the Trump administration (of all things) in warning the world against the rise of China versus his previous stance.
The main reason for this shift in Soros' attitude on
Europe is sleepwalking into oblivion, and the people of Europe need to wake up before it is too late. If they don't, the European Union will go the way of the Soviet Union in 1991. Neither our leaders nor ordinary citizens seem to understand that w
"It shows that NATO's door remains open for countries that meet NATO standards and that adhere to the NATO values of democracy, the rule of law, and individual liberty," Stoltenberg said.
Russia says that by taking in Balkan members, the all
Plagued by another run of bank bailouts and simmering tensions between the partners in its ruling coalition, Italy's brief reprieve following the detente between its populist rulers and angry bureaucrats in Brussels is already beginning to fade.
n a flash, the US has scrapped the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which safeguarded Europe and the world from a deadly US-Russia arms race. This is particularly bad news for Europeans.
Following a nonbinding vote in the EU Parliament to recognize Juan Guaido last week, foreign ministers from the various EU countries discussed officially recognizing the leader Venezuela's opposition-dominated National Assembly as the true legitimate
While everyone is endlessly told about the world-ending dangers of Brexit, I wonder if we should be paying a little more attention to Deutsche-it. If the UK leaves the EU the EU will survive.
The European Commission is going to start "legal procedures" against Hungary for criminalizing support for migrants within the nation's borders according to Reuters.
First it was the Libor-rigging cartel, then the FX exchange-rate manipulation cartel, now, European regulators have moved on to prosecuting "anti-competitive" practices in euro-denominated sovereign bond markets.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament recognized Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido as de facto head of state on Thursday, heightening international pressure on the OPEC member's socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
This is the attitude of those opposed to it. Any real separation of the U.K. from the European Union would result in a catastrophe which knows no bounds.
"Converging this much with Germany is an abandonment of sovereignty - a betrayal. If we had not alerted the public, this text would have been signed on the sly. The text provides in particular for the need to legislate in the event of obstacles to
"Populism and nationalism are increasing in all our countries. For the first time, a country - Great Britain - is leaving the European Union. Worldwide, multilateralism is under pressure...." – German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Members of Parliament have thrown out Theresa May's contentious Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union in the long-awaited "meaningful vote" on the deal.
How likely is a no deal Brexit?...After Theresa May's crushing defeat in her Withdrawal Agreement vote, odds are suggesting the UK may not leave the EU by the March 29 deadline as intended.
Germany's major right-wing party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), is threatening a so-called 'Dexit' if the EU doesn't restore its members' national sovereignty and takes no action against "Islamization of Europe". The deadline for t
Reporter, Dan Lyman, gives examples of Europe on the verge of war as nationalism is rising against globalist leaders pushing mass immigration and open borders. Migrants now are coming across the English Channel from France to the UK. -GEG
As a result of these tensions, nationalism is again on the rise in Europe. It's not a pretty sight, but it's understandable. When push comes to shove, these dissenting countries resent being subjected to rules imposed from outside.
All this sugg
The majority of board members at Banca Carige, Italy's 10th largest bank, resigned and the ECB took Over.
The Telegraph reports ECB Steps in at Italian Bank as Country Teeters on Recession.
The eurozone is moving to stop printing 500-euro banknotes, the violet-coloured bills that authorities fear are favoured by criminals, with most of the 19 nations in the currency bloc to halt issuing them next month.
Everyone's talking about Brexit. Some about the French riots. But no one's talking about why they are happening, and what they really mean. They might think they are, but they are usually missing the point.
"Everything is happening, nothing has changed," Alex Massie wrote over at CapX last week, perhaps summing up best the political situation in the UK right now.