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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/indipendentist-parties-lost-elections-in-catalonia-socialists-and-populars-won/
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Indipendentist parties lost elections in Catalonia. Socialists and Populars won
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…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/sfam-case-highlights-direct-debit-fronde-in-french-banks/
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SFAM case highlights direct debit fraud in French banks
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…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/economy-and-business/ev-disaster-electric-vehicles-lose-market-share-in-the-u-s-as-sales-decline/
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EV disaster: electric vehicles lose market share in the U.S. as sales decline
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.…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/last-minute-slovak-prime-minister-fico-was-shot/
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Last minute: Slovak Prime Minister Fico was shot.
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…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/economy-and-business/why-the-us-is-growing-and-the-eu-is-not/
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Why the US is growing and the EU is not
“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…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/pfizergate-the-major-issue-for-von-der-leyen-future-career/
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Pfizergate: the major issue for Von Der Leyen future career
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…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/fleximan-vs-ficos-shooter-italian-medias-hypocritical-double-standard/
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Fleximan vs. Fico's Shooter: Italian Media's Hypocritical Double Standard
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…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/issues-over-the-use-of-russian-funds-seized-in-western-countries-will-be-decided-in-italy/
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Issues over the use of Russian funds seized in Western countries will be decided in Italy
If the first week of June will be exacerbated for Europe between the ECB meeting and the elections for the renewal of the Europarliament, the one that has just begun risks being decisive for Italy’s role in the balance of the international chessboard. And…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/tension-remain-in-new-caledonia-while-tourists-stat-to-evacuate/
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Tension remain in New Caledonia, while tourists stat to evacuate
Tension remains high this Saturday in New Caledonia, where the mission to “re-establish order in the coming days”, set by President Emmanuel Macron during his express visit, is proving difficult to fulfill. Despite a situation that remains “difficult”, according…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/economy-and-business/u-s-and-europe-are-taking-completely-different-paths/
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U.S. and Europe are taking completely different paths
It’s been a week in which there have been some mixed and undecided signals from the U.S. about the direction the Fed wants to take on interest rates. Does it stay put, cut, or, unexpectedly, raise? First came the price index data on personal consumption expenditures…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/russia-launches-two-ships-but-loses-two-in-the-black-sea/
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Russia launches two ships, but loses two in the Black Sea
The celebration of the “strengthening” of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was short-lived: on May 7, in fact, 2 new units were launched at the Zelenodolsk shipyards in Tatarstan (on the Volga River, engaged since 1895 in building small warships for the Black…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/european-elections-macron-lapped-by-le-pens-rassemblement-national-1/
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European elections: Macron lapped by Le Pen's Rassemblement National
In France, Macron is starting to get a little scared ahead of the upcoming European elections because the polls are not exactly optimal for the government area. Throughout this whole campaign for the European elections, which seems more like a way of the…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/economy-and-business/want-to-travel-by-ferry-you-cant-enter-with-a-charged-electric-car-fire-hazard/
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Want to travel by ferry? you can't enter with a charged electric car. Fire hazard
In Greece, a new rule by the Ministry of Navigation and Insular Policy requires the country’s ferries not to accept BEV (battery-powered) and PHEV (plug-in hybrid) electric cars with more than 40 percent charge on board. So when you disembark, you will have…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/economy-and-business/stock-exchanges-have-changed-the-nature-nature-of-their-profitability/
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Stock exchanges have changed the nature nature of their profitability
The conditions of finance have changed profoundly over the past 30 years. Markets, which were previously, historically, accustomed to certain returns, have been faced with a different reality, leading to different performance indicators. The graph of the…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/the-50-billion-loan-from-g7-to-ukraine-a-dangerous-mess/
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The 50 Billion loan from G7 to Ukraine: a dangerous mess
All the mainstream media rushed to celebrate the great innovation of the G7: the $50 billion loan to Ukraine paid from the returns of Russian assets seized at the start of the war. A plan that is utterly fuzzy, unclear, and will require a great deal of technical…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/the-complicate-g7-plan-to-finance-ukraine-with-russian-funds/
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The complicate G7 plan to finance Ukraine with Russian funds
The G7 was supposed to bring an outcome, albeit a result, on the burning issue of aid to Ukraine financed with seized Russian assets. And so it did. Already several hours before Thursday afternoon’s session devoted to Kiev head of government Volodymyr Zelensky…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/macron-alone-like-an-absolute-king-took-the-awful-decision-on-french-elections/
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Macron alone, like an Absolute King, took the awful decision on French elections
On Sunday, June 16, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire was a guest on France Inter/franceinfo/Le Monde‘s “Questions politiques” program. Recall that Le Maire is a member of the Attal government, a political expression of President Macron. Although he…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/truobles-for-germany-business-down-and-salaries-up-a-real-record/
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Truobles for Germany: business down and salaries up. A real record
How is the German economy doing? Bad, thank you. What are the expectations? What is the level of confidence toward the future? Very slowly improving, almost stationary. That is how one can sum up the value of two anticipatory indices published today by the…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/economy-and-business/half-europe-is-in-infringement-procedure-something-old-and-frankly-stupid/
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Half europe is in infringement procedure. Something old and frankly stupid
The usual, boring ritual of opening the infringement procedure was staged today. special observation regime will be reserved for seven member states (Italy and France in the lead) for exceeding the 3% deficit/GDP and the debt/GDP rule of no more than 60%.…
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https://english.scenarieconomici.it/international/the-real-power-in-europe-is-neither-democracy-or-the-market/
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The real power in Europe is neither democracy or the market
Martin Arnold, a Financial Times correspondent from Frankfurt, reports how the ECB has warned players: whose Euro area countries that would have too much debt would have to reduce it through austerity? The recipe is as unsuccessful as it is systematically…