Apparently a new plan has been agreed on to deal with Cyprus. Unlike the original plan to tax all depositors, this new plan would take huge amounts of money from depositors with accounts worth more than 100,000 euros. The plan would hit both of the country’s largest banks, even though only one was in immediate [...]

As Euro-zone nations continue to struggle with a currency union that isn’t working, it looks like the European Union is either going to be forced to break up the currency union or head towards greater political integration. If one looks at the United States of America’s own history, though, the prospects of a United States [...]

Of all the European countries surveyed by Pew it was only Germany where a majority of people believe European economic integration has strengthened the economy. In most other European countries the people believe it has weakened their economy. From Pew Research: I think it is interesting that the polling basically matches the economic data. Germany [...]