Not many choices are left to save the euro. It has brought down the Prime Ministers of all troubled countries...

A central bank always has a crucial role to play in a financial crisis. But the European Central Bank’s role within the eurozone nowadays is even more “central” than that of the Federal Reserve or the Bank of England...

If only Labour’s Department of Policy Development worked as well as its Buzzwords Department, it would be in electoral clover...

Conservative Republicans are proving as fickle as luck at a casino, flocking behind and then just as quickly discarding candidates to challenge President Barack Obama next year...

Being the Leader of the Opposition is the most thankless task in politics. All that the Opposition Leader has is a voice...

The Dolce Vita lasted for a long time in Italy, but now it’s back to reality. Post-war prosperity allowed hundreds of thousands of workers to retire with full benefits before the age of 50...

The debate on the vote of no-confidence in Austin Gatt held last Friday unwittingly turned the focus on the core issue that the country is facing right now – Lawrence Gonzi and his ineffective leadership...

Despite the relentless shift of global economic might to Asia, and China’s rise as a great power – the central historical events of our time, which will drive world affairs for the foreseeable future – America’s focus has been elsewhere...

Politics is about substance. It is not about speculation, but about what actually happens. It is a fact that this government in this term on a number of issues did not have the necessary majority...

He may not realise it yet, but Franco Debono is throwing his young and promising political career down the drain – if he has not done so already....