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The EU dreams of autonomy, but is selling its future to the highest bidder.
“You're losing.” With these harsh words, Jamie Dimon, CEO of the world's largest bank, addressed Europe today in the Financial Times....
Jul 102 min read
Critical Minerals, Critical mistakes: The Nyrstar report Europe Can't Ignore
In recent posts, I warned about Europe’s eroding grip on critical industrial capabilities. Now, new evidence from Australia confirms just...
Jun 41 min read
Europe Gave Away the Keys to its Strategic Future
While the EU voices its ambitions for strategic defence autonomy, technological leadership, and green transition goals, it has quietly...
May 302 min read
Europe's Green Dream is Being Built on Borrowed Zinc
Last April, De Tijd warned that Europe must build 40 new mines and metal factories by 2030 to meet its own green transition targets — a...
May 232 min read
The Erosion of Legal Ethics: When Law Firms Serve Power Over Principle
Opinion: Recent events have cast a spotlight on the troubling role of major law firms in enabling corporate misconduct. Law professor ...
May 41 min read
The Masks Are Off: Allen & Overy Sells Its Soul (Again)
It’s official: Allen & Overy Shearman (A&O) has inked a deal with Donald Trump. A&O is one of five so-called “elite” law firms that have...
Apr 172 min read
Italy’s biggest refinery in crisis three years after sale by Russia’s Lukoil
Another case of the #CuckooStrategy in action. Trafigura ’s playbook is becoming painfully familiar: leverage special situations emerging...
Apr 122 min read
Von der Leyen: 'Europe opens subsidy investigation into electric cars from China'
“From wind to steel, from batteries to electric vehicles — our ambition is crystal clear: the future of our clean tech industry must be...
Sep 12, 20232 min read
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