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Spain Created the Invasion and Then Pretended to Be the Victim

View this post on Instagram Spain has demonstrated precisely why government is so often the source of the crisis rather than the solution. The Sánchez government...

Europe’s Wealthiest Households Are Drowning in Debt

Europe has spent decades portraying the southern nations as irresponsible debtors while presenting the north as the model of fiscal discipline. The latest Eurostat...

Germany’s Productive Class Is Looking for the Exit

Germany spent decades building one of the most productive workforces in the world. It trained engineers, scientists, technicians, physicians, and business leaders...

Von der Leyen and Draghi Plot More Centralization to “Save” Europe

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with Mario Draghi in Brussels to discuss the EU’s competitiveness agenda and the implementation of...

Italy Says NO to Blank Checks for Ukraine

The political mood across Europe is beginning to shift, and even governments that have strongly backed Ukraine are discovering that public opinion has its limits....

PRIVATE BLOG – The European Fiscal & Debt Crisis Coming to a Head

PRIVATE BLOG – The European Fiscal & Debt Crisis Coming to a Head Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for...

Housing Costs Soared Throughout EU in Q1

View this post on Instagram Europe’s housing market is not recovering, it is becoming unlivable. Eurostat reported that in Q1 2026, EU house prices rose 5.1% from...

Finland: Landing a Summer Retail Job Is Now Harder Than Getting Into Medical School

Finland has become another example of what happens when ideology overtakes economic reality. According to a recent report, Finland’s construction sector is...

Volkswagen Is Germany’s Warning

I have been saying for years that Germany was committing economic suicide. People thought Germany’s manufacturing base was untouchable. They believed German...

Nationalism Forbidden by EU

  Hungary’s Viktor Orban represented the most visible challenge to the European Union’s vision of centralized political authority. He rejected migrant...