While the debate on Britain’s membership of the EU focuses on the loosely defined notion of “sovereignty” it ignores the fundamental principle at the core of European integration. In its simplest terms, the European Union exists to widen access to international markets and increase the competitiveness of each member state within the Union. The issues [...]

US President Obama used his State of the Union address this week to kick start negotiations for an EU-US Transatlantic Partnership, likely to provide a much needed boost to the two leading global economies. Citing job creation and a boost to American exports, the US President declared “trade that is fair and free across the Atlantic supports millions of [...]

Seldom does a Prime Minister display such lack of diplomatic common sense as David Cameron does when it comes to his EU policy. From lecturing in a patronising fashion from the side-lines to exercising an ineffective and unnecessary veto, Mr Cameron has managed to alienate and baffle in equal measure his European partners. But this [...]

If one looks at the economics, Greece is doomed. Odds are stacked against it and, with the IMF-ECB-EC Troika visiting Athens this week, economists across the world are speculating when (rather than if) it will leave the Eurozone. Its economy is on the verge of collapse. It is not just the massive debts accumulated after [...]

It has been 5 years since the credit crunch that led to the global financial crisis, which eventually fed into the sovereign debt crisis across Europe, started. 5 years and 5 summers that policy makers and politicians have been struggling to contain one of the worst economic crises the world has seen. One can excuse [...]