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Thomas Kolbe

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The Fog is Lifting

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni is using the Ceuta disaster to strengthen the national-conservative front within the EU. Returns

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The Spendthrift State

Germany has fallen into the socialists’ trap once again.

12.08.2026 20

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France’s Budget Deficit Shocks Even the Pessimists

France, a cornerstone of the euro system, confirmed once again that it remains a leading candidate and potential trigger for a future euro financial...

06.08.2026 20

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Argentina's Milei Ends the Debt State

While Germany's debt spiral is accelerating ever faster, Argentine President Javier Milei is steering his country in the opposite direction.

05.08.2026 30

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How Europe Grows Gas Tax Revenues

Gas prices are rising again in Germany. The main culprit is the state with its towering levies.

04.08.2026 20

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The IMF Tries to Cover for France

The International Monetary Fund is attempting to play down France’s deteriorating situation amid rising government debt.

24.07.2026 20

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The Death of the Cash Cow

The Death of the Cash Cow Thomas Kolbe | July 22, 2026 Looking at the global automotive market, one conclusion is unavoidable: the end of the...

22.07.2026 20

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Trump Warns Against Communism

Trump’s warning about communism is justified. If we broaden the term and speak instead of etatism and collectivism, his argument hits the nail on...

18.07.2026 20

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Taxing Your Way to Socialism

The dream of Islamic socialist Zoran Mamdani to sell the American electorate the supposed miracles of socialism has come to an end.

17.07.2026 20

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Belgium's Car Toll Desperation Move

As European states are drawn deeper into the debt spiral, they are activating the remaining fiscal sources still available.

14.07.2026 20

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Germany's Debt Crisis Crescendos

As Germany's public debt expands, the dynamics of its sovereign bond market are beginning to change.

10.07.2026 30

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Farewell to the Euro Debt Club

Morgan Stanley has advised its institutional clients to sell French government bonds.

09.07.2026 30

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Reigniting Europe’s Investment Engine

Will the Capital Markets Union promote investment or lead to greater financial centralization?

17.06.2026 40

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Toothless Tiger: EU Commission Punishes Temu

Brussels has weaponized the Digital Services Act against the Chinese online platform Temu.

13.06.2026 40

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The Future of AI

The American and Chinese AI programs represent a clash of systems.

11.06.2026 60

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The EU Goes Mad Over Packaging Recycling

Brussels’ regulatory activism offers repeated insights into the logic of bureaucratic systems.

10.06.2026 60

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Can Romania Lead the Way Out of the EU's Green Nightmare?

For Brussels’ net-zero ideologues, it is deeply inconvenient that people are beginning to focus on reality.

06.06.2026 40

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Europe Turns to Digital Currency

The digital euro ranks among the most ambitious projects within the political architecture of the European Union.

01.06.2026 40

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The State vs. Prvate Enterprise

Deregulation, tax cuts, and a fundamental trust in the power of private enterprise across the Atlantic stand in sharp contrast to the sluggish,...

29.05.2026 50

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The Debt Party Nears its End

Are we already witnessing the early signs of the next debt hurricane?

23.05.2026 50

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Artificial Intelligence and Raw Materials

Will the AI boom crash against the cliffs of physical reality, or does free-market capitalism still hold undiscovered paths to reduce or bypass...

18.05.2026 50

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Baltic States Warn Against Defense Policy Funded by the Printing Press

Politicians from the Baltic states are warning about the consequences of debt-financed defense policy.

14.05.2026 40

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Germany's Budget Deficit: A Disaster in the Making

The consequences of a socialist command economy are reflected in the surging deficits of public budgets.

12.05.2026 50

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The U.S. and China: IMF Caught in the Crossfire

It remains to be seen whether state-led lending via institutions such as the IMF or China’s development banks will remain economically effective in...

08.05.2026 60

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Alliance of the Cashiers

The newly founded lobby association European Resilience Alliance (ERA) is demanding state aid to kick-start the hydrogen economy.

30.04.2026 30

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European Politics in Deep Sleep

With the Hormuz crisis, another element falls into place in the mosaic of the new world order.

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International Currency Politics

The world’s reserve and leading currency will survive even during the transformation phase towards a multipolar order.

23.04.2026 60

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Coalition of the Useless

The four leading European states are planning a naval mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz.

19.04.2026 50

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France Doubles Down on Taxes

France is reducing its enormous budget deficit in the current fiscal year. However, the price for this minimal relief is high: only massive tax hikes...

14.04.2026 50

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The EU Puts its Euros on Gavin

Europe bets on California’s Gavin Newsom as a strategic counterweight to the Trump agenda.

09.04.2026 50

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Is Merz Green Europe's Last Line of Defense

If the European Union has been waiting for a favorable moment to save face and quietly escape the energy-policy fiasco, that moment has probably...

07.04.2026 40

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Europe Doubles Down on Eco-Transformation

In response to the intensifying European energy crisis, the green lobby in Brussels and Berlin is accelerating the pace of transformation.

31.03.2026 50

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Europe Dives Deeper Into the Debt Swamp

We are facing a slow, erosive process in which the EU is increasingly penetrating the capital markets, always with the guarantee of major economies...

28.03.2026 60

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EU Concludes Trade Agreement with Australia

The EU has managed, after eight years, to reach a trade agreement with Australia.

25.03.2026 50

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The EU and the Nuclear Energy Transition

The entry into modern forms of nuclear power, driven by free markets, would shatter the walls of the green trap.

23.03.2026 70

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Giorgia Meloni, EU Maverick

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni rises as the opposition leader and voice of reason within the EU.

21.03.2026 80

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The EU at the Narrow Passage

The Hormuz crisis threatens to become a catastrophe for Europeans.

20.03.2026 70

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Built on Sand: The Iran War Puts Europe Under Pressure

It is only a matter of time before the widening cracks in the EU translate into open secessionist tendencies.

19.03.2026 70

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An EU Trade War with China?

Is the EU economy now facing a trade war with Beijing, alongside the potential import halt on rare earths?

16.03.2026 70

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Strait of Hormuz: The Chokepoint of Power

While European governments work on emergency plans to mitigate soaring energy prices, the maritime insurance market is experiencing a seismic shock.

09.03.2026 100

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Trump’s Race Against Time

Eight months before the crucial midterm elections, the administration of President Donald Trump is battling high living costs.

08.03.2026 60

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Fresh Troubles for the EU

One thing unites the three great powers: all stand in increasingly strained relations with Brussels and the leading capitals of the European Union.

05.03.2026 40

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The Eco-Socialist Dream Is Going to End Ugly

Photo Credit: RawPixel.comThe end of the technocratic illusion and its...

09.12.2025 50

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The EU's Net Feudalism

Photo Credit: AT via Magic StudioAn institution that dictates both...

08.12.2025 50

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Gold Dispute: Is Italy Preparing a National Bullion Reserve?

Photo Credit: PixabayItaly pulls its gold supply out from under the...

04.12.2025 40

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German Financial Scandals Turn Hot

Photo Credit: Leo MolatoreThe man who once seemed a phantom operating...

02.12.2025 30

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Is the German AfD Firewall Finally Cracking?

Photo Credit: Die FamilienunternehmerPolitics will not succeed in...

28.11.2025 50

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Censorship and the Fact-foxes

Photo Credit: Liber-netThe internet has become the primary battleground...

26.11.2025 40

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On Orwell’s Trail: Is the EU Eliminating Digital Privacy?

Photo Credit: AT via Magic StudioA comprehensive communication-scanning...

25.11.2025 70

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EU States Complete Brussels’ Surveillance Network

Photo Credit: AT via Magic StudioThe EU is working at full speed to...

24.11.2025 40

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