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Paul TaylorFinancial Review |
Wednesday 6 November was a seismic day in the politics of the west. On one side of the Atlantic, it was confirmed in the early hours of the morning...
There is nothing but bad news for Europe in Donald Trump’s US election victory. The only question is just how bad it will get. Europeans stand to...
In the corridors of Brussels, there is a sinking feeling that the political will to help Ukraine prevail over Russian aggression is ebbing – on both...
With six executive vice-presidents balancing political families, geography and gender, Ursula von der Leyen has cemented her personal power in her...
Waiting two months for a new prime minister may be standard procedure for the Belgians, Dutch, Germans or Italians, inured to extended coalition...
After an intense month of profit results, when fund managers met with the majority of ASX-listed companies, the key takeaways were illuminating.
More than halfway through this year of momentous elections, liberal democratic parties have mostly managed to hold the line against the advance of the...
The ASX 200’s recent milestone climbing above 8,000 is impressive, but it is the last 30 years that should really be celebrated – every $10,000...
Ursula von der Leyen should get a second five-year term at the head of the European Commission despite the somewhat phoney drama around her...
France has dodged a bullet. We have no idea how the country will be governed in the coming months with a hung parliament without any natural majority....
Sooner or later, possibly as early as next week, France’s far-right National Rally (RN) is going to take power. That’s the main lesson of...
It’s a choice between the plague and cholera. Millions of French voters are agonising at the prospect of having to choose between a candidate of...
After a disastrous decade in which they blew up Britain’s relationship with the rest of Europe, shrank trade and made life miserable for...
For Europe’s centre-left, it was the night from hell. Liberals and Greens took a beating in many countries and lost dozens of seats as nationalist...
Money has flowed disproportionately to the big four and Wesfarmers, but headwinds are starting to turn into tailwinds for the resources sector.
The shooting of the Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, has dramatised the increasingly angry and polarised landscape of European politics. With...
In the latest of his visionary speeches on the future of Europe, Emmanuel Macron called for the EU to transform itself into a military power or face...
Ursula von der Leyen became president of the European Commission in a backroom deal in 2019 without facing Europe’s voters. Now she is running for...
A Social Democratic German chancellor lagging in the opinion polls vows adamantly not to join a war. Support for his SPD party rallies and he narrowly...
Poland’s longstanding struggle for a bigger say in European leadership may finally be gaining ground with the revival of the long dormant Weimar...
Emmanuel Macron sure knows how to make a headline. But did the French president, who once called Nato brain dead, really mean it when he said this...
Ursula von der Leyen surrendered to angry farmers last week faster than you could shake a pitchfork or dump a tractor-load of manure outside the...
The will of the people expressed in free elections and the rule of law upheld by independent courts are two of the pillars of a liberal democracy, or...
With two wars raging on its borders, a world retreating from free trade and globalisation, strong migratory pressure on its southern shores, rising...
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas in France without a good old-fashioned brouhaha about cribs and candles in official buildings. The season of...
The European Union is never quite as bad or quite as good as it looks. Last week’s summit on expansion was an example of the 27-nation union at its...