In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 5 weeks ago

Via Crooked Timber, French Politics has interesting things to say about the Sarkofund:In France it s hardly unprecedented for major capital spending...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 5 weeks ago

It has come to this. Does anyone remember Nicolas Sarkozy of a year ago? Back then he was being feted by the anglospheric media as a French Thatcher, ...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 7 weeks ago

There are essentially two basic critiques of the EU s institutions; one is the classic, Monnet/Schuman house ideology view that its problems are sim...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 11 weeks ago

It isn t working, and Ukraine s parliament has 30 days to form a new ruling coalition. Good luck with that, too. If not, elections in December.The...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 11 weeks ago

That s what Paul Adamson argues for in today s Financial Times. The basis of the argument is that we should acknowledge that the commissioners a...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 13 weeks ago

With all attention on Georgia it s easy to forget that the European Union remains mired in the institutional crisis created by the Irish No on the r...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 15 weeks ago

It seems clear they done it; for God knows what reason - arrogance, hoping beyond hope, misjudgment - Georgia started something it couldn t finish. ...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 17 weeks ago

While researching the recent floods in the Ukraine, I stumbled across this wince-inducingly stupid article. It appeared a few weeks ago in the Neue Z...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 24 weeks ago

As some parts of Europe prepare for Jean-Claude Juncker s Club of the Few while others fall by the wayside, it s time to look back at how we...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 25 weeks ago

Boy, this will certainly help ease dependence on oil. ...

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