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merlialess.bsky.social
Associate fellow, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe. Former London, Frankfurt correspondent, ECB watcher at Sole 24 Ore. Columnist, Tennis Italiano
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I wrote this in July 2016 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

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Novo elétrico low-cost da Volkswagen vai ser produzido em Palmela

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The most vocal opposition to Trump's policies is done by @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

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#Germany How to reform the debt brake, according to the #Bundesbank English version here. Important. H/T @ulbrich-jens.bsky.social publikationen.bundesbank.de/publikatione...

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If the Dems had half a clue they'd put up a big stock market ticker somewhere near the White House.

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Leopard: I will eat your face Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp

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Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor, suffered a major political defeat today as a proposed migration law backed by conservatives was rejected in the Bundestag.

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Do Europeans still get to set the rules for their own elections? Or does Elon Musk decide? www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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FWIW - The External Revenue Service will be collecting tariffs which are paid by US importers who study after study have shown pass most of the cost of tariffs on to US consumers who buy those tariffed imports.

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Both the most self-deluding & nasty opening to an inaugural address in US history.

submitted 64 days ago • 8 comments

This is a campaign speech, not an inaugural address.

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Stumbled across this chart that illustrates why Londoners bang on about housing costs so much. ifs.org.uk/inequality/w...

submitted 64 days ago • 4 comments

Se ne è andato Rino Tommasi, uno dei grandi del giornalismo sportivo italiano. Il ricordo del direttore di Tennis Italiano, Stefano Semeraro. www.tennisitaliano.it/ciao-rino-la...

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Lula thought he'll be the standard bearer of the Global South. After a reality check (lastly at the Rio #G20 summit), #Brazil appears more like a vassal in a China-dominated anti-Western front. Next try at #COP30 in 2025. My comment for @ispionline.bsky.social bipr.jhu.edu/newsandviews...

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“.. we’re developing into a plutocracy .. We’ve got an enormous number of enormously rich people that have convinced themselves that they’re rich because they’re smart and constructive. And they don’t like government, and they don’t like to pay taxes." - Paul Volcker, gone five years ago today.

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Putin isn't fighting just for territory in Ukraine, and any "peace plan" that fails to understand his goals will fail www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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Merkel, Merz and Buba chief now in favour of reforming Germany's infamous "debt brake". An apology for 15 years of economic nonsense would be welcome.

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Kit McMahon, a great figure in a City long gone www.ft.com/content/7377...

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