Tue 16/01/2018 - 12:00 The European Union’s raison d’être is guaranteeing its citizens a lasting peace. This ultimately hinges on its member states enjoying a shared economic prosperity – the operative word being ‘shared’.

Thu 14/09/2017 - 12:00 The free-market orthodoxy advocated across Europe after the 2008-09 financial crisis of reducing the size of government when people weren’t spending and companies weren’t investing was questionable at best. Indeed, it was decried for years by renowned economists such as Paul Krugman, Joseph Stiglitz and Yanis Varoufakis. Fast forward eight years and governments and international organizations can point to renewed growth when advocating cutting back on public services.

Wed 21/09/2016 - 12:00 If there was ever a time to revamp the seventeen-year-old monetary union that is the eurozone, many would argue now is that time.