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As eyewitnesses fade and the far right reframes liberation as defeat, EU institutions must answer with policy.

Spain’s heretical VAT cut tames inflation—a model for Europe as Trump’s tariffs and Middle East shocks bite.

AI Productivity growth will underwhelm, not because the technology is weak, but because it creates a bottleneck that earlier digital tools largely avoided.

By coming out in favor of industrial policy after many decades of advising against government intervention in the economy, the World Bank has taken an important step.

From Hegseth’s crusader tattoos to Thiel’s apocalyptic sermons, MAGA is fusing Christianity with raw political power.

Trump’s unchecked Iran war is wrecking supply chains, reigniting inflation, and deepening a global affordability crisis.

As Beijing acknowledges its own overcapacity problem, new research reveals a more complex and more enduring threat to European manufacturing.

Hungary’s new government promises to restore rule of law — but not labour rights.

Stricter return rules and border procedures sell reassurance to voters, but the evidence suggests Europe cannot deliver what politicians promise.

Record applications to the EU civil service reveal saturated labour markets, a hollowed-out state and a generation exposed to automation.

In April 2010, the EU betrayed Greece and enabled Orbán — and has yet to reckon with either.

Péter Magyar’s election victory gives Hungary its best chance in a generation to break with a centuries-long pattern of authoritarian rule.

As the world is plunged into another energy crisis, market allocation is leading to grossly unjust outcomes, as the rich outbid the poor.

Surging Chinese exports, a sliding renminbi and a depleted European industrial base are colliding — and Brussels has run out of time to respond.