The four cardinal points of Europe
“But in their own way, Europeans have created a place where they are guaranteed rights to what others desire: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” This is the conclusion…
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Europe facing the world
After the speeches of JD Vance, the American Vice President and Pete Hegseth, the US Secretary of Defense, Europeans can no longer have any illusions about American support. The protective…
The necessary German revival
Is the German model still the reference towards which Europeans wanted to move in the recent past? Not sure It rested on several pillars1– The Mittelstand at the heart of…
Germany is struggling
The German economy will be in recession this year. The GDP figures go in this direction and the cyclical indicators do not give any signals contrary to it. Yet Germany was on…
The Brics at 11 or the definition of a new global balance
The expansion of the Brics from 5 to 11 countries is not anecdotal, it is a radical change in the global balance. Until now the Brics group (Brazil, Russia, India,…