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Експертен клуб за икономика и политика (EKIP) беше цитиран от „Welt”, един от петте най-четени вестника в Германия, във връзка с планираното присъединяване на България към еврозоната на 1 януари 2026 г. Немската медия отрази дълбоките резерви по отношение на планираното присъединяване и сериозните критики на процеса, който доведе до …

In the photo: Prime Minister Boyko Borissov with Hans-Gert Pöttering, a politician from the CDU in Germany and chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from 2010 to 2017. In the Bulgarian media space, opinions on the development of Bulgaria made by the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation [named after the first Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Germany …

The German Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe has created one of the most serious problems for both the European Court of Justice and the European Central Bank in their entire history. This happened with a decision examining the legality of the ECB’s main asset purchase program, or so-called quantitative easing, called the Public Sector Purchase Programme …

Socialism, unlike capitalism, causes severe damage to the environment. To give a clear example of this, but also to avoid the subjective factor of domestic reality before and after 1989, let's look at what the situation was in East Germany (GDR) compared to West Germany (FRG). In 1968 …

Half of the largest banks in the Eurozone would not survive more than 6 months in a liquidity shortage in the market Germany's GDP rose by only 0.1% in the third quarter compared to the second quarter of this year Stock market indices are performing well despite the problems in the real economy of Europe Pension fund yields …

Let's not be fooled. The European economy is on the brink of recession. In the last few months, industrial production in Germany has fallen to its highest levels since 2013 (during the Euro crisis). This has dragged down the industry of a number of other European countries, such as Bulgaria, which rely on Germany as a major market …

(Click on the infographic for a larger size) The negative developments in the industrial sector over the past two months are most likely due to the deterioration in industrial activity in countries like Germany, which is our main trading partner (more on this in the comment below). Data source: NSI Comment After in …

Regarding industrial production – Industrial production growth remained almost unchanged in November at 1.23% year-on-year. The breakdown of production by sector also shows no significant change compared to October. Only in the mining industry did the decline in production slow down to 2.57% in November from 7.18% in October. …

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Dear readers, We present to your attention the pilot episode of the new EKIP podcast - "60 Minutes of Freedom", featuring our editor-in-chief Georgi Vuldzhev and political expert Kaloyan Pravov. Within the framework of this podcast, we will try to present our reading and perspective on current political topics from …