Today on TAP: As the West’s only majority left-of-center government dithers, the far-right Reform party makes big gains.
European Union
Posted inAmerica and the World
Did Trump Do Europe a Favor?
The EU must now look to its own political and economic interests. That could be good for European values and European union.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How the Euro Can Replace the Dollar
Europe has a potential golden opportunity to claim the global reserve currency and get a free military rearmament to boot.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Great Trump Crash?
Emergency warnings are lighting up all over financial markets, solely because of Donald Trump.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Germany Finally Gets Over Austerity
Nothing like a military crisis to break the fetish for balanced budgets.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Economic Royalists, Corporate Scheming, and the Next Political Era
Our executive editor offers his best of 2024.
Posted inAmerica and the World
A British Preview of Kamala’s Challenges
Britain’s new Labour prime minister Keir Starmer has a huge majority, but defeatist constraints of his own making.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Democrats and the Euroleft
How do the Dems stack up compared to U.K. Labour, the German Social Democrats, and the multiparty French left?
Posted inTAP
The French Left Arises From the Dead
Today on TAP: A surprising result of President Macron’s impulsive decision to call a snap election
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France: Back to Dreyfus? Vichy? No Exit From Its Fraught History?
Today on TAP: Following the EU elections, the neofascist right squares off against the neo–Popular Front left.