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Why Ireland Has Too Much Money (and doesn’t know how to spend it)

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In this video, we’re going to explain Ireland’s turn of fortune, and why the government is actually struggling to spend its newfound fiscal space.

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Ireland vs EU budget surplus
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-01/ireland-flush-with-cash-plans-giveaway-budget-before-election

Background on Ireland’s economy
Sweeney, P. The Celtic Tiger: Ireland’s Continuing Economic Miracle. (Oak Tree Press, Dublin, Second edition, 1999)

Ireland’s corporation tax intake
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-01/ireland-flush-with-cash-plans-giveaway-budget-before-election

Ireland’s corporation tax intake of entire intake
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c512zl7jj04o

Ireland’s third budget surplus
https://www.ft.com/content/bda76023-5cc2-404a-8ad0-c9cba8af4f88

New fiscal rule limiting government spending https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/09/05/ireland-is-running-a-budget-surplus-why-has-it-been-warned-to-stop-spending

Ireland’s changing public sector investment
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Level-of-public-investment-in-EU-Member-States-before-and-after-the-crisis-average-per_fig5_323525017

Ireland’s public investment data
https://www.itf-oecd.org/infrastructure-investment-data-reveal-contrasts-between-countries

Ireland’s public investment data
https://www.ft.com/content/57aaa383-34a0-49cf-ae89-1eee55912522

Ireland’s housing crisis
https://www.ft.com/content/0af7eb4b-9c87-463c-ad02-02ec6d708c9e

Ireland’s new wealth fund
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67058310

Ireland inflation
https://tradingeconomics.com/ireland/inflation-cpi

Corporate taxes have saving economy from deficits
https://www.ft.com/content/bda76023-5cc2-404a-8ad0-c9cba8af4f88

Ten companies accounting for over half of ireland’s tax recipets
https://www.thejournal.ie/why-is-irelands-corporate-tax-take-so-high-6243964-Dec2023/

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Is this the Beginning of the End for Merz?

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The CDU’s disastrous result in Saxony-Anhalt and the ongoing rise of the CDU is calling into question Merz’s leadership and piling on the pressure. In this video, we’ll explain his struggles in office and whether this is the beginning of the end for him.

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Merz under pressure
https://www.ft.com/content/48e7b92b-affc-4fd0-8de1-ae8765e5c799?syn-25a6b1a6=1 
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/germanys-chancellor-friedrich-merz-under-082058887.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-07/merz-moves-to-contain-fallout-from-far-right-rout-in-state-vote 
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-most-voters-expect-merz-to-leave-office-early/live-78467416 
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article6a6c3522ef632fe6ede66624/umfrage-afd-erreicht-rekordvorsprung-in-zdf-politbarometer-70-prozent-bewerten-merz-arbeit-als-schlecht.html 

CDU dissatisfaction with Merz
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/friedrich-merz-wie-die-cdu-an-ihrem-kanzler-verzweifelt-a-a67e797f-9d56-4d05-bbee-35cd107094f8 
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/merz-faces-mounting-pressure-as-reports-of-cdu-revolt-grow/
https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-chancellor-swap-cdu-afd-germany-political-crisis/ 
https://www.dw.com/en/german-chancellor-merz-completes-cabinet-reshuffle/a-78133896 

Saxony-Anhalt election
https://youtu.be/WwX39r6et_s?si=ZEuLPV1R_cgGbnm3 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd0113082eo 

AfD in Saxony-Anhalt confirmed as “right-wing extremist”
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/afd-verbotsverfahren-verfassungsschutz-union-spd-gruene-linke-102.html 
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/verfassungsschutz-stuft-afd-sachsen-anhalt-als-gesichert-rechtsextremistisch-ein-106.html 
https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen-anhalt/landespolitik/afd-verfassungsschutz-gesichert-rechtsextremistisch-104.html 

German economy
https://youtu.be/5MfwWhJuRQk?si=lLMEhNUckaDtY6NU 
https://youtu.be/cxNV710SPUg?si=JmMOFBEUSt9r2FlX

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Why More “Eurobonds” Look Increasingly Inevitable

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After years of debate among European leaders, the concept of “Eurobonds” might finally be back on the table to close various fiscal gaps. In this video, we’re taking a look at what Eurobonds are and why it’s their issuance is looking increasingly likely.

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The AfD Win in Saxony-Anhalt: What Next?

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Yesterday’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt saw the AfD win in a landslide, falling just short of an outright majority. So in this video, we’ll look at the election, how the AfD pulled off this win and what it suggests about the future of German politics.

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2025 snap election results: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx29wlje6dno 
https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-results-explained-in-graphics/a-71724186 

YouGov poll: https://yougov.com/de-de/artikel/53090-ein-drittel-der-deutschen-burgerinnen-und-burger-sieht-ost-west-unterschiede-wahrnehmung-in-ostdeutschland-steigt 

FT charts: https://www.ft.com/content/19530193-b1b3-4f04-adc2-ecd7526bbfa8?syn-25a6b1a6=1 

Election results: https://wahlergebnisse.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/lt26/erg_land.html?v=1788725527356

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Why France and Azerbaijan Aren’t Getting Along

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We take a closer look at why relations soured between the two countries, and how Azerbaijan has been seeking to undermine France since.

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Has Meloni’s Immigration Policy Backfired?

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Since being elected, Meloni has had a major influence over the EU’s immigration policy, but the new Migration and Asylum Pact may have major consequences for Italy. So what exactly is in the new pact? And has Meloni’s hardline policy backfired?

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https://newsbriefing.eu/politics/meloni-hardens-migration-rhetoric-as-far-right-rival-vannacci-gains-ground
https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/number-of-migrants-rises-repatriations-up-34-per-cent-in-the-first-six-months-AJVKjkm?refresh_ce=1
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/pact-migration-and-asylum_en
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:180:0031:0059:en:PDF
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.eunews.it/en/2026/08/12/five-eu-member-states-are-considering-building-a-repatriation-centre-in-uganda/
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/10/04/giorgia-meloni-pushes-italy-s-migration-strategy-as-a-model_6728172_4.html
https://www.irreview.org/articles/2024/10/27/giorgia-meloni-is-offshoring-migration-to-solve-italys-immigration-concerns-now-the-rest-of-europe-is-interested-too
https://www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/frontex-irregular-border-crossings-down-26-in-2025-europe-must-stay-prepared-lyKpVb
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/08/italy-disastrous-offshore-agreement-with-albania-must-serve-as-a-wake-up-call-to-end-eus-cruel-migration-plans/
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/08/vannacci-sanchez-is-right-on-immigration-meloni-is-a-fiasco/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/deputy-premier-salvini-rome-not-193326174.html
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
https://italianismo.com.br/com-44-meloni-lidera-avaliacao-enquanto-partidos-perdem-espaco/

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