• Brexit: negotiations will continue in Brussels

    Brexit: negotiations will continue in Brussels

    After a period of tension and breakdown in talks, London and the European Union resumed talks on Thursday. These resumed Thursday and will continue until Wednesday, before being moved to Brussels. However, negotiators believe they are far from an agreement.
  • France: Market financing, an instrument of economic sovereignty

    France: Market financing, an instrument of economic sovereignty

    1982. By dint of talking about risk aversion, market disaffection, domination almost without sharing for 20 years, Private Equity (private investment in capital), often presented as the alpha and omega of corporate financing innovative, emerging and emerging, we have almost forgotten that France was, for nearly a quarter of a century, exemplary by its number of direct individual shareholders (4 to 5 million) and by its ability to finance its growing companies at through its stock market.
  • Erdogan once again calls on Macron to have his mental health examined

    Erdogan once again calls on Macron to have his mental health examined

    The Turkish president has once again questioned the 'mental health' of Emmanuel Macron.
  • MAC: A smokescreen to hide the carbon footprint of trade treaties?

    MAC: A smokescreen to hide the carbon footprint of trade treaties?

    The border adjustment mechanism proposed by the European Commission, MAC, is intended to reduce imported CO2 emissions. An attractive initiative on paper but the implementation of which is a real headache because it conflicts with the trade negotiations conducted by the same Commission.
  • Germany-euro zone: between conflict and coordination

    Germany-euro zone: between conflict and coordination

    It is obvious that the euro zone has everything to gain from the coordination of economic policies between the countries of the euro zone, from the implementation of a policy of solidarity.
  • Between Biden and Trump, who should Europe vote for?

    Between Biden and Trump, who should Europe vote for?

    If the European population were to choose the President of the United States, it is likely that the majority would vote Biden only to eliminate Trump. But there are other reasons to consider.
  • Tesla plans to expand electric supercharger network in Europe

    Tesla plans to expand electric supercharger network in Europe

    Tesla is rolling out a network of supercharger stations in Europe ahead of the construction of its Berlin electric-car factory. The electric automaker this week demonstrated its high-speed chargers on a Berlin research campus, saying that it was looking at expanding its charging network to reassure potential buyers who have concerns about access to power …
  • Facebook may have to stop sending European user data to US

    Facebook may have to stop sending European user data to US

    Facebook may be forced to stop sending data about its European users to the US, in the first major fallout from a recent court ruling that found some trans-Atlantic data transfers don’t protect users from American government snooping. The social network said Wednesday that Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has started an inquiry into how Facebook …
  • Elon Musk’s brain-implant firm Neuralink to show off ‘working’ device Friday

    Elon Musk’s brain-implant firm Neuralink to show off ‘working’ device Friday

    Elon Musk says his brain-implant firm Neuralink will show off a “working device” at a highly anticipated Friday event. Musk announced the live demonstration on Twitter early Wednesday, apparently referring to the brain-machine interface — a device that would link human brains to computers — that Neuralink has been developing since it launched in 2017. …
  • Why should America anchor Germany's defense?

    Why should America anchor Germany's defense?

    Why should America anchor Germany’s defense? It cuts deals with Russia, has never met its NATO commitment, and is the most anti-American nation in Europe.  President Trump recently ordered a 12,000-troop reduction in American military personnel stationed in Germany. That leaves about 24,000 American soldiers still in the country. A little more than half of …