.Emmanuel Macron & his Govt are in real trouble. Le Pen’s party now leads his centrist alliance by *13 points* in polls ahead of European elections, not 10 points. A defeat of that magnitude on June 9 will lead to a volley of confidence votes in the National Assembly in June/July

Further fiscal tightening should help!

When will Christian Lindner start thinking like a finance minister rather than a party leader?

read Liz Truss’s new book, which has some interesting thoughts about bats in it ft.com/content/755111…

Lots of interest in Hong Kong on UK politics, this year's elections & what a Labour Govt means for UK's economic outlook, EU & foreign policy re China

My basic view, UK = positive story. Labour will form a more serious Govt, with more coherent & serious agenda on economy & EU

Pas mal

Let's see how long this position can hold businesspost.ie/news/michael-m…

Why isn't Liz Truss embarrassed? Why isn't she hiding under a stone?

EU watchers are going to hear *a lot* this week about Enrico Letta and his economy report.

So it's probably simplest to just hear from the man himself, today.

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