Posts - Roel Thijssen

What If Europe Dumped All Its US Debt? The global economy rests on a delicate balance of trust and investment.

If you had followed the economic forecasts at the start of 2025, you’d have been tempted to hide under the

The European Union is working on a second “Chips Act” to strengthen its own, independent semiconductor industry. Not only for

Hoe D66 de grootste werd

D66 werd met een nipte overwinning de grootste partij. Wat betekent deze uitslag? En wat zegt dit over de kiezer?

A neutral analysis of political, ideological, and structural barriers to the Trump administration’s peace proposal. The peace framework proposed by

Wat gaan we stemmen op 29 oktober? En waarom wegen de feiten voor veel kiezers minder zwaar dan sentimenten? Voor

September 2025 inflation in the Netherlands came in at 3.3%, significantly higher than the eurozone average of 2.2%. While many

Heatwaves, droughts, and floods that struck Europe over the past summer caused an estimated €43 billion in immediate economic losses,

Based on President Trump's public statements about the EU-US trade deal announced on 27 July 2025, here’s how they align or

What defines a strong NATO ally? Since the alliance’s founding in 1949, debates over burden-sharing have been constant. Donald Trump,

It’s a strange phenomenon. Americans keep buying Mercedes cars and other expensive items—even though they can’t actually afford them. Normally,

Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist and leading advocate of free-market capitalism, was a strong proponent of free trade and

The new American tariffs resemble those of President Herbert Hoover in the 1930s, which helped plunge the world into the

There’s a new frontrunner on the list of Europe’s most valuable companies. The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk no longer

Trump gets Putin Completely Wrong

Some interesting ideas from Sir Alex Younger, former head of MI6: Trump and Putin Younger: "Trump and Putin talk about

Court Orders Government to Accelerate Nitrogen Reduction Measures The Dutch State must take more measures to reduce nitrogen deposition on

Donald Trump committed an “unprecedented criminal attempt” to remain in power. That is the conclusion of Special Prosecutor Jack Smith

Meta is ending its collaboration with fact-checkers in the United States, according to an announcement made today by owner Mark

The Great Plundering Can Begin Will the United States, under Donald Trump's leadership, lean toward an authoritarian capitalism similar to

The official agenda for the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting doesn’t mention it anywhere. However, as they convene in Brussels today