Europe’s Disputes with Hungary and Poland: A Summer Pause?
Relations are not yet broken between Europe and Hungary and Poland, the leaders of the rebellious Visegrad group that also includes the Czech Republic and Slovakia. For now. The latest dispute centers around Next Generation Eu (Next), the 750 billion
A (Non) Modest Proposal for the G20: A Sustainable World Commission to Achieve the SDGs
The next G20 Summit Meeting of heads of state will be held in Rome on Oct. 30 and 31, 2021, under the Italian G20 Presidency. The agenda, with the title “People, Planet, Prosperity”, addresses major obstacles to achieving a sustainable
Europe’s New Direction: Green, Equitable, Digital
The new European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, the first woman ever to hold the job in its 63-year history, has set out to change Europe, pushing it into a new direction. In the few months, she has been in
The heavy hitters of the new EU Commission
Ursula Von Der Leyen walked into the European scene in early July 2019 as she was proposed by the European Council as their candidate for the role of president of the Commission. She secured parliamentary approval to become the next
ITALY: WHAT THE NEW GOVERNMENT MEANS FOR EUROPE
On 31 May, Italian politics took an unexpected, spectacular turn. President Mattarella approved the very government he had vetoed – as was his constitutional right – four days earlier. Now the two big winners of the March elections, Luigi Di
Don’t Be Evil: the Other Side of the Tech Industry
How to Address the Tech World's Moral Blindness Who leads the tech world and what is their impact on the economy? Put together two remarkable statistics: Of the ten richest men in America, only three are not tech billionaires: Warren Buffett