“After the EU elections: Perspectives and priorities for 2019-2024” By Herman Van Rompuy, courtesy of the EPC EPC President Herman Van Rompuy delivered the following speech at the EPC Annual Conference on 6 November 2019 in Brussels. I want to talk to you today about European unity, European sovereignty and the future […]
Tag: politics
Don’t let protests obscure Chile’s triumph
“Chile’s Success Story Is Difficult to Deny” By Ian Vásquez, courtesy of the Cato Institute Weeks after a 3.75% rise in metro fares in Santiago, Chile sparked violent protests by a small group of students that then generated more widespread disruption, mostly peaceful mass protests continue. Some observers have seized on the political […]
Even after Brexit deal and election, UK will face hard questions
“Even with a deal, even with an election, these Brexit questions will still need to be answered” By Helen Parr, courtesy of UK In a Changing Europe Brexit seems deadlocked after the House of Commons voted in favour of Boris Johnson’s withdrawal agreement, but against the timetable to push the legislation through before 31 […]
Brexit deal leaves future details wide open
By David Shiels, courtesy of Open Europe Tomorrow the House of Commons will sit for the first time on a Saturday since 1982. MPs will have the opportunity to approve or reject the revised Brexit deal, which was published by the Government and the European Commission yesterday. In a press conference on […]
Welfare spending makes wealth inequality worse
“Welfare State Causes Wealth Inequality — Euro Experience” By Chris Edwards, courtesy of Cato Institute Democrats running for president are condemning wealth inequality while calling for an increase in social spending. But expanding social spending would magnify wealth inequality, not reduce it, because it would displace […]
Tories get in touch with their spendy side
While Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson isn’t afraid to utter the c-word — that’s “capitalism” — in pleasant contrast to his immediate predecessors, his government seems to be steering away from other longstanding Tory principles, namely those of fiscal responsibility and small government. So […]
Hey Congress, drug price controls are still a bad idea
Bad ideas have a way of sticking around , but fortunately there’s a home for them called Congress. The recently proposed legislation on drug prices is firmly in this category, relying on what are in effect government-imposed price controls, backed by the threat of […]
British business confidence going down the tubes
Political chaos is rarely good for business, and the febrile atmosphere prevailing in Parliament as the UK prepares to (maybe) exit the EU on October 31 is no exception. With massive uncertainty hanging over the country about Brexit, including what form it will […]
Keeping America Great with a Space Force
By Mona Salama, TES Contributor President Trump has launched a full-fledged Space Command that will rise to the challenge of defending and preserving U.S. dominance in space — but only if Congress approves it. Democrat lawmakers need to support the President’s proposal and stop […]
TES Weekly Update: America needs a Space Force with teeth
Like it or not, space is already being militarized For those of us old enough to remember the Cold War — ah, simpler times, when all we had to worry about was the horrifyingly real possibility of nuclear annihilation at any moment without warning — the idea of the United States creating a real […]