Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Munchau: Cap reforms – not going to work
“Triumphant breakthroughs” are an EU term for further failure, this time with the common agricultural policy. Read here
Wolfgang Munchau
Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Munchau – What Greens should focus on
Why co-opting industry into the Green agenda is a mistake. Read here
Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Munchau: Clean and green vs belt and road
Once again another questionable capitalist project with a green label Read here
Fake News
Wolfgang Munchau – What happened to the Fourth Estate? (It is still there. But fading.)
What happened is that the old media are still pursuing the same model of selling stories. What they should be doing instead is providing information – the stuff that is in the public interest that […]
Fake News
Wolfgang Munchau – Why pundits get it wrong
The left-right-centre model of political analysis has long ceased to be useful Read here
Economics
Wolfgang Münchau: So much for the Brexit scare stories
Apart from a short-lived disruption of trade flows Brexit has been a macroeconomic non-event. Read here
EU politics
Wolfgang Munchau: The dictator and us
The case for an EU foreign and security policy – just like the case for a European centre for disease control – remains strong. But it needs to be based on clarity of purpose. Unless […]
EU politics
Wolfgang Münchau – Overloading: The European Union used to do a few things well. Now it does a lot of things badly
“Ms von der Leyen committed a grave error when she tried to trigger an emergency clause to impose border controls in Ireland. The error raises questions about her suitability for the job.” Read here
EU politics
Wolfgang Munchau: Covid Vaccine: EU’s worst policy error
The EU did a Brexit trade deal with the pharma industry: it tried to lock in a perceived short-term price advantage at the expense of everything else. Instead of prioritising the speed and security of […]
Austerity
Euro Intelligence: Wolfgang Munchau in conversation with Yanis Varoufakis on Trumpism, fiscal discipline and the US-China Cold War
The part concerning the EU crisis is probably the most interesting, but you can decide that for yourself Listen Here