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A European Union Everyone Wants to Enter
18-08-2026, 16:28

A European Union Everyone Wants to Enter

China Embedding Itself Deep into European Automotive Industry Chinese car makers are increasingly at home in Europe. While Brussels argues about a tariff, Beijing masters the whole chain.
23-10-2026, 11:03
China Embedding Itself Deep into European Automotive Industry
If The Foundations Shake, The Whole Infrastructure Collapses The lack of effective policies to tackle high fuel prices and all their consequences is leading to numerous protests across Europe, as these issues have now become untenable.
22-10-2026, 10:52
If The Foundations Shake, The Whole Infrastructure Collapses
On Inflation And The Preservation Of Value The Empire pledged to back its money with gold reserves, a joke that lasted as long as it lasted.
20-10-2026, 22:18
On Inflation And The Preservation Of Value
Cold In Winter, Hot In Summer, Broke All Year More than 41 million Europeans cannot afford to heat their homes, almost four in ten cannot keep them cool in summer, and the war with Iran has sent gas prices soaring just before winter. For millions of families, home is no longer a safe place.
20-10-2026, 22:04
Cold In Winter, Hot In Summer, Broke All Year
Five Percent of Capacity Is All European AI Europe accounts for just five percent of global artificial-intelligence compute capacity, and its planned projects will barely change this share.
17-10-2026, 14:04
Five Percent of Capacity Is All European AI
China Bets on Europe Missing the October Deadline, Too European officials have set October 2026 as a deadline for achieving results in rebalancing trade relations between the European Union and China. The deadline nears, but Beijing is again betting Europe won’t push back.
16-10-2026, 10:21
China Bets on Europe Missing the October Deadline, Too
Will Brussels prefer to accommodate Trump so as to prevent a ban on diesel exports to Europe? There is one solution: Brussels should offer to scrap the sustainability reporting rules that overburden American energy exporters.
16-10-2026, 09:25
Will Brussels prefer to accommodate Trump so as to prevent a ban on diesel exports to Europe?
Europe’s Raw Materials Partnerships Remain on Paper Europe concludes raw materials partnerships, but most of them remain on paper only.
15-10-2026, 17:59
Europe’s Raw Materials Partnerships Remain on Paper
Warren, The Oracle Of Omaha. Son Of A Businessman And Senator Being on the outside is the same as being taken for a ride. The news hit like an ice cube sliding all the way down your spine: Warren Buffett, the wizard of finance, is retiring.
15-10-2026, 07:53
Warren, The Oracle Of Omaha. Son Of A Businessman And Senator
The Heirs And The Rest Of Us Bills we can no longer pay, fuel and groceries rising every month, and ultra-cheap goods flooding our stores. Meanwhile, anger and loneliness become fuel for parties that always blame the weakest,and a wealthy few keep getting richer.
13-10-2026, 22:35
The Heirs And The Rest Of Us
Economics And Finance The price of every commodity breaks down into the three factors of production: wages, profit and rent.
13-10-2026, 21:08
Economics And Finance
A Diesel Crunch Awaits Europe. What Has It To Do With The United States? Europe’s reliance on U.S. energy exports was meant to insulate the continent from Russia-related risks. But it may result in new, potentially more powerful and dangerous vulnerabilities.
12-10-2026, 09:06
A Diesel Crunch Awaits Europe. What Has It To Do With The United States?
China’s Belt and Road Did Not Split Europe. It Just Revealed an Old Rift. Comrade, Customer, Client, or Critic? Why Greece and Hungary accept Chinese money while Germany keeps at arm’s length?
6-10-2026, 11:00
China’s Belt and Road Did Not Split Europe. It Just Revealed an Old Rift.
Lost Causes Did you like Arturo Alejandro Muñoz’s piece “Writing in a Bucket of Water”? You’re going to love this bit of nonsense about Lost Causes.
6-10-2026, 08:34
Lost Causes