A major investment round has been finalised: the company’s value has doubled in a year. But Zucman is confident that his wealth tax, which slows down innovation, will be adopted after the next presidential election in 2027. Aghion’s compromise proposal

From Merz to Burnham, from Macron to Meloni: European governments are being forced to revise their programmes under pressure from populist forces and demographic
trends

The Central Command has announced that it has attacked five Iranian vessels carrying crude oil in response to an attempted Iranian attack on a Navy vessel. “When they try to strike US military vessels, they will be struck in turn,” said Secretary of State Marco Rubio

The Simson Schwalbe KR51, on which Ulrich Siegmund – the AfD politician who won the election in Saxony-Anhalt – has often been seen,

Weidel, her Sri Lankan partner and her PhD in Bayreuth; the TikToker, the ‘Prussian Muslim’, the Putin nostalgist. The AfD defies old categories: perhaps simply labelling it ‘far right’ is not enough to understand its success

Trump is keeping SpaceX and other American companies away from the Paris summit, whilst Europe is trying to strengthen its independence in the space sector. But France, Germany and Italy have yet to decide who will lead the race 

A letter signed by Butler, Davis and other intellectuals condemns the repression in Tehran. But for some on the global left, showing solidarity with the dissidents means siding with the empire. And some of the signatories are backtracking

The results in Saxony-Anhalt could have a significant impact on the EU. Von der Leyen fears that the German Chancellor and her government may become even more hesitant, or even hostile, towards the Union, to the point of adopting a policy of inaction in order to regain support at home

Kyiv and Moscow are fighting with the aim of crippling their opponent’s ability to function. For Kyiv, it is a matter of survival; for Putin, it is an obsession

Recurring analyses suggest that it was men, manual workers, the poor and those with low levels of education who boosted the far-right vote in Saxony-Anhalt. It may well be that they have all become Nazis, but this is probably due to a lack of alternatives. And this is not just the case in Germany