This is it! This is it! Only two and a half days till the UK election! Don’t worry, this is not a party political broadcast. In the interests of preserving Business Monitor International (BMI)’s impartial status, I will not endorse any party ahead of the election. What I will do is offer a brief and… [Read more]
Germany’s general elections on Sunday produced a victory for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which now looks set to form a coalition with the centre-right Free Democrats (FDP). The two parties would have a parliamentary majority of 42. This will bring to an end four years of the ‘Grand Coalition’ between the CDU and the… [Read more]
Three days ago I stressed that the dissolution of Latvia’s four-party coalition government was looking more and more likely. Today, President Valdis Zatlers announced that he has accepted the resignation of the prime minister and his administration. With the economy in turmoil and now lacking a government, Latvia’s ailments are only surpassed by defunct state… [Read more]