Brexit - Unpicking a "Done Deal"
The UK will maintain access to the single market with some rule-setting flexibility but the essential ingredients of a successful treaty, trust, shared values and far sighted mutual engagement, do not look promising
EU Single Market
Much ado about nothing ?
Romantic principles have a way of stirring emotion and of nursing frustration, and Mr. Johnson delivered a consummate appeal in the court of public opinion. From dream to reality, wake-up calls are hard to make
Nord Stream 2 - the end game
The U.S. attempt to block the final leg of the construction of the new Gazprom pipeline looks dated, fitting oddly in the dynamics of the European energy policy under the Single Market regulations
OECD - an unprecedented GDP fall
The Aug. '20 news release measuring GDP collapse across the developed world is not for the faint-hearted. Cracks pulling national economies apart are more worrisome still
Cross-Border Raison d'Etre
With purposeful regulations, the environmental push of the European Union could turn out to be a shared concern beyond the continent's borders and weigh on the two other 'rule-makers' worldwide - China and America
The economics of coronavirus (II)
Confronting very different challenges inherited from their political and institutional history, Europe as well as America will need to seek a path to rebuild the trust of their constituencies, a tall order amidst tone-deaf warring parties but a vital one
Beware of angry Scots
As probably thousands of products are aligned on EU requirements and their representative associations have been very active in shaping EU policy, the prospect of free trade agreements outside the European Union is dire
Politics and the generational divide
Should old politicians decide when the future of younger generations is at stake…There cannot be a definitive answer to the question...