OBJECTIVO – Page 3

Who will pay for the gas bill?

One has to wonder why the recent spike of energy prices caught the leaders of Europe completely off guard....

Christopher Tapp
Nov 9, 2021 3 min read

Do the next right thing…

It has a fancy name, called Euroscepticism. Itis present in each and every member state. (Even more so in...

Christopher Tapp
Oct 25, 2021 3 min read

The boring realities of rule of law debates

The last few days saw a lot of events. Starting with yet another set of leaked offshore documents, this...

install
Oct 16, 2021 4 min read

New job opening in Germany: Negotiator-in-Chief

It’s still too early to name the next chancellor of Germany (or is it not? – given the chaos...

Marta Loeb
Oct 12, 2021 3 min read

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Chinese or not Chinese, that is the question?

Even those who had no illusions about the differences between the Trump and the Biden administration might be surprised by the latest twist of...

Christopher Tapp
Jun 6, 2021 2 min read

Happily divorced … now what?

After a lot of theatrics, that included among others then-European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker greeting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban with a not-so diplomatic...

Christopher Tapp
May 29, 2021 3 min read

The results of the America First – Covid/Biden approach

As if it were an answer for the Biden Administration’s previous efforts to shift the blame in the delay of delivering Covid-19 vaccines to...

Leslie Zelinka
May 21, 2021 3 min read

A shadow on transatlantic relations?

After the few weeks of the rosy honeymoon had passed, the boring and occasionally harsh reality of the mundane workdays has started to take...

Christopher Tapp
May 15, 2021 3 min read

On Project Veritas, CNN and mainstream media

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Hamlet’s evergreen is probably greener than ever, at least when it comes to mainstream media. As...

Leslie Zelinka
Apr 22, 2021 4 min read

Renewed interest in a global minimum corporate tax rate

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has found a new supporter for one of its pet projects, a goal it has been...

Marta Loeb
Apr 19, 2021 3 min read

A Very Bad Idea

Just like the transition process of so many other countries that emerged from behind the Iron Curtain to re-establish their place on the right...

Christopher Tapp
Apr 13, 2021 2 min read

RIP the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment?

Less than 3 months after the two sides agreed on a political deal, things took a turn to the worse. Within a few days...

Leslie Zelinka
Mar 29, 2021 3 min read

Why the EU should maybe reconsider its attitude towards walls As the fourth (third? fifth?) wave of COVID hit Europe and as all eyes were fixed on Glasgow, a little tit-for-tat in Brussel was hardly noticed by the media. On October 28, Commission Vice... Read More

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