Europe’s debt trap: Why the IMF’s warning cannot be ignored
There were good reasons why some EU members insisted that the International Monetary Fund should be part of the “troika”...
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Simon Nixon
Simon Nixon is a columnist at Euractiv and publisher of the Wealth of Nations newsletter on Substack. He is a leading commentator on European political economy and geoeconomics and was Chief European Commentator at The Wall Street Journal from 2013 to 2018.
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A Trump-Xi deal won’t save Europe from a superpower squeeze
When President Trump sits down with President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of this week's summit in South Korea, no...
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Europe's rude awakening on rare earths
Europeans did not need any further reminder of the perilous position in which they find themselves amid the intensifying rivalry...
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Where is Europe's economic drone wall?
When European leaders met in Copenhagen for their informal summit yesterday, the agenda was dominated by Ukraine, defence and the...
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The reparation loan is a test of European resolve
Simon Nixon is an independent journalist and publisher of the Wealth of Nations newsletter on Substack. He is a leading...
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Europe's missing moment and the back-to-school blues
Simon Nixon is an independent journalist and publisher of the Wealth of Nations newsletter on Substack. He is a leading...
6 minutes