Germany is no more the country of hard workers? Christian Lindner (FDP) and Robert Habeck (Greens) agree on one point for once. Both say that people are working too little. Of all things,. In Germany. Where diligence, efficiency, and a sense of duty have…

We often talk about counterfeiting related to the fashion industry, but the shortage of demand and the crisis are creating another sector of counterfeit products that is even more pejorative: a counterfeit auto parts industry is emerging The production lines…

Emmanuel Macron persists. In an interview published in The Economist, the French President indicated that the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine was still on the table. “If the Russians were to break through the front lines, if there were a Ukrainian…

He introduces himself on his Instagram account as “Prince Joachim Murat, Prince of Ponte Corvo”. A great-great-nephew of Napoleon I, Joachim Murat, will be running in the European elections on a sovereignist list in France. Aged 50, this former parachute…

Audi has had a decidedly negative start to the year. The VW Group brand lost about one billion euros in profits and more than three billion euros in group-wide sales in the first quarter compared with the same period last year, according to company data released…

  Authentic feminists, those who really want to defend women and their social role rather than tear down patriarchy, are waking up and finally understanding better than many males the devastating implications of gender theory and “sex of choice.” Thus, the…

This week, in addition to the U.S. labor data (which we will discuss), Turkey’s inflation data also came out, which was a surprise—perhaps not a good surprise for Turks. Turkey’s annual inflation rate rose to 69.80 percent in April 2024, up from 68.50 percent…

Xi Jinping arrives in Paris on Sunday, where his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron plans to support trade “reciprocity” and the search for a resolution to the war in Ukraine, in the face of a Chinese president who continues to show support for Russia. Returning…

China is pursuing plans to develop floating nuclear reactors that could power military facilities it has built in disputed areas of the South China Sea, according to the top U.S. military commander in the Pacific and State Department officials, a prospect…

Russia has warned the UK that it may target British military facilities in Ukraine and beyond if Ukraine uses British weapons to strike Russian territory. The Russian Foreign Ministry, Lavrov, summoned the British ambassador to Moscow to express its protest…

  Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to France led to the signing of numerous bilateral agreements in various sectors, from energy to transportation to finance. It is a victory for Emmanuel Macron, who had said he wanted more reciprocity in economic relations…

Spanish bank BBVA’s friendly takeover bid for rival Sabadell is becoming hostile. And political, since the Spanish government is involved. On Thursday, three days after rejecting the friendly merger offer, BBVA, Spain’s second-largest bank in terms of market…

BYD sets no limits. In fact, the Chinese electric carmaker believes it can overtake Tesla in Europe by 2030. “We are confident that we could become leaders” by the end of the decade in Europe, said Michael Shu, BYD’s European Director, at the Financial Times…

Nice and smart Germans, and above all very pro-European: having to take the same plane, they prefer to have it delivered from the U.S. rather than assembled in Cameri, Italy. In this way, they counter the creation of employment in the U.S. and not in the…

The pro-independence parties that have ruled Catalonia for a decade lost their majority in the regional parliament on Sunday, according to partial results from the regional elections won by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists, six and a half…

Online scams related to the French banking system are making more and more headlines in the Hexagon and are becoming a real iimbarazzo. . Brought to light by the sensational “Sfam case,” direct debit fraud is putting its victims in trouble. For years, former…

Oh, how the mighty have fallen and the lightning is less luminous! Well, not really, but it seems like electric vehicles (EVs) in the U.S. have hit a bit of a speed bump on their road to world dominance. In the first quarter of 2024, EV sales in the U.S.…

It seems like there’s been a significant event involving Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, as he was shot after a government meeting in Handlova. Numerous news outlets have reported on this incident, which is cause for concern. The shooting took place…

“Can the European economy ever hope to compete with the U.S. economy?” is the title of an articulate, in-depth article that takes up a full page in today’s Financial Times. A question that appears rhetorical from the title because the answer is  a simple…

In April 2021, the New York Times revealed that the President of the European Commission had negotiated a contract for 1.8 billion doses of Covid vaccine during the pandemic directly with Pfizer boss Albert Bourla via SMS. On Friday May 17, a first hearing…

In Italy Fleximan, the folk hero who became famous because he knocked down speed cameras with his circular saw, may have been identified. He would be, according to the clues gathered by the police, a simple 42-year-old metalworker who, tired of the fines…