Category Archives: Europe

Brexit Looks Wobbly as Polls Go Negative, House of Lords Throws Spanner in the Works

Some Brexit updates.

Raising Tariffs on China Without Grabbing Headlines

How Europe raised tariffs on more Chinese imports than Trump has threatened to.

Italian Politics One Month Later

The recent Italian elections produced some shocking results. Now it’s time for the parties to try to put together a coalition government. Who will succeed? What will the new government look like?

How to Democratise Brexit and Take Back Control of our Future: An Appeal to Jeremy Corbyn

Now that the Brexit realities are starting to sink in, pundits are finding new magic sparkle ponies to tout as possible solutions.

The Brexit Transition Deal

Economists do not have much nice to say about the UK’s Brexit transition deal.

Brexit: UK Capitulates

The latest installment in the Brexit soap opera.

The Euro Area’s Deepening Political Divide

The Euro is creating new fault lines. Eurozone leaders need to give greater priority to national interests, particularly of economic “losers”.

Germany’s Pivot From Russian Gas Will Be Costly

Why Germany’s plans to hurt Russia via its gas exports may not go all that far.

“Welcome to Hell”: Barcelona Taxi Drivers Prepare for Uber’s Return

Uber faces a rumble from Barcelona’s taxi drivers.

A History of the European Core and Its Periphery: How an Optimal Currency Area Forms

This column documents the formation and evolution of a core and periphery in EMU, unearthing an increasingly integrated core, an entrenched periphery, and a third set of countries marked by in-and-out movements

U.S. Steel and Aluminium Tariffs: How Should the EU Respond?

Trump’s measure raises four issues for the EU: the effect on European industry; how to deter Trump’s broader protectionist thrust; how to use the WTO Dispute System; and, how to prepare for a post-WTO world.

Brexit: EU Tightens the Noose

Has the fatal Brexit standoff arrived, or will someone blink?

What’s Happening to Italy?

Myths and realities concerning the results of the recent Italian elections: who won, who lost, and who simply got it wrong

Monetary Policy and Fiscal Discipline: How the ECB Planted the Seeds of the Euro Area Crisis

How the ECB did Euro-area member states a dirty when it tried to act as deficit enforcer.