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Elections results: Austerity’s black to prevail in the new multicolored German government

September 25, 2017 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

During the past ten years, Germany has become a politically boring country and yesterday’s election is not going to change that, despite the loss of around one million votes for the Chancellor’s party. Angela Merkel’s win came to none’s surprise and the results permit her to embark on a fourth term in the top job. […]

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Trump badly cornered at home by agribusiness and steel consumer lobbies: Trade

July 17, 2017 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and TV reality show star, as President, discovered the hard way that international trade is a much more complicated issue than he could have ever imagined. His poor cognitive abilities and his rampant nature didn’t allow him to realize that international trade is a much more complex issue, than […]

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A hot autumn after a cool summer for Europe

September 5, 2016 by Dennis Kefalakos 2 Comments

This autumn Europe has everything it…didn’t need. A frozen Spain, a hot Britain who says will stay in EU’s Foreign and Security Policy, a self-centered Ireland and a revolutionary France. In the most interesting development the British Foreign Secretary, the infamous for his gaffes and lies Boris Johnson, said that despite the impending Brexit, his […]

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