GERMANY: AfD Tops Poll Amid Energy Crisis and Political Discontent
A new ZDF “Politbarometer” survey highlights deep public dissatisfaction with the government and a surge placing the AfD in first position.
A new ZDF “Politbarometer” survey highlights deep public dissatisfaction with the government and a surge placing the AfD in first position.
The Middle East conflict drives energy prices higher, fuels inflation, and threatens Europe’s aviation sector
The Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT), co-chaired by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, is calling for governments to impose a windfall tax on extraordinary profits made by energy companies amid rising geopolitical tensions and surging energy prices linked to the Middle East crisis.
New threats from Donald Trump against Jerome Powell reignite fears of political interference in the US central bank, as legal probes, interest rate pressure, and market nerves converge
Despite disruptions in Hormuz and sanctions, the fertilizer market shows absorption mechanisms — but at rising cost and increasing geopolitical risk
Housing costs spiral into a political crisis as rent devours incomes and reshapes urban life