Category Archives: Europe

Trump’s Visit Marks the Start of Shock Doctrine Brexit

As Brexit approaches, the personal enrichment hopes of some of its proponents come into focus.

The Political Representation of the European People

A discussion of whether rising political pressure can produce needed economic and democratic reforms.

Beyond Nord Stream 2: A Look at Russia’s Turk Stream project

For Europe, thinking about energy security means thinking about Russia.

David Davis Resignation Throws UK Brexit, Cabinet Into Chaos

Brexit goes chaotic.

Europe Isolates China Trade Cheat

The “every man for himself” game of responding to Trump’s trade threats is working against China’s hope to team up with Europe.

EU Calls Trump’s Bluff on Auto Tariffs as Trump Tries Dead on Arrival WTO Exit Plan

The EU is neither happy with nor cowed by Trump’s latest trade threat.

Bank, Corporate Brexodus Begins as “No-Deal” Brexit Looms

Awfully late in the game, various players are facing up to the fact that Brexit may really happen, and it could well be the ugliest version.

May’s New Brexit Trade Scheme Dead Before Arrival

Spain tells Theresa May to quit wasting her time on trying to sell the EU27 on a special Brexit trade scheme.

Brexit: Chaos Visible

As businesses finally start telling the press they are worried about Brexit, the press is still not coming to grips with key issues.

Italy Threatens to Throw Spanner in European Alternative to Russian Gas

Italy threatens to make trouble on another European front.

Why Italy’s Crisis Is the Left’s Crisis

Why framing the political struggle in Italy as mainstream versus populist shifts focus away from the most important issue, Eurozone reform, where the battle is mercantilists versus Keynesians.

Richard Murphy: New Funding Structure for the Bank of England Suggests That the Treasury Thinks the Proverbial Is Going To Hit the Fan

The Bank of England is being readied to print, as in deficit spend, in the face of a hard or crash out Brexit.

Don Quijones: How the ECB Helped Spain “Recover” Faster than Italy from the Crisis

How “financial repression,” as in negative real interest rates, whacked Italy and boosted Spain.

EU to Members: Prepare for No Deal Brexit

An official “put on your life jackets” Brexit warning.

US, Japan Reject G-7 Ocean Plastics Charter

Japan and the United States decline to endorse G-7 Ocean Plastics Charter– a voluntary effort inadequate to the scale of the problem but better than outright neglect.