Politico: Irish parliament rejects EU-Mercosur deal in symbolic vote

A Free Trade Agreement between the EU and four South American countries, known as the Mercosur trade bloc, has been voted down by the Dutch parliament. This not only puts the largest-ever EU trade deal […]

Blogger The General Theorist wonders whether Christine Lagarde’s patchy performance as managing director of the IMF qualifies her for the trickier role of president of the European Central Bank. “The assumption that Lagarde is a […]

Once again the European Union demonstrates that commerce and the money that the car industry is raining upon political parties is more important than the health of its citizens. Once again it is the citizens […]