The Globalist

European gourmet food, geographical indications and transatlantic trade.

Examining the real-life dimensions of the TTIP trade deal.

Germany may run a trade surplus overall, but with some countries it has a deficit.

Europe’s democrats must end the almost religious hold of the EU technocrats.

Europe’s system of horse-trading to choose leaders has produced non-leadership.

Why it is in Germany’s own interest to change course.

How is the Spanish Prime Minister using an old political tactic to modernize Spain’s economy?

Without significant reforms to the Spanish autonomy system, the nation’s fiscal house cannot be rebuilt.

How unresolved historic conflicts inside a nation undermine its future.

Why a silly naming dispute in the Balkans should not be allowed to fester.