Politico: Europe must resist pressure to become ‘America’s followers,’ says Macron

New orders in manufacturing: December 2024 (in real terms, provisional): +6.9% on the previous month (seasonally and calendar adjusted) -6.3% on the same month a year earlier (calendar adjusted) Read HERE

IWe are curious how the EU reacts to this, as it violates one of the EU’s Four Freedoms: The free movement of capital. Read here  

Regardless of a possible escalation of the conflict, starting with an expansion of the hostilities to Lebanon with Hezbollah, and perhaps beyond, the geopolitical pattern of the region was already changing on its own. Read […]