The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China.

Egypt is a sovereign nation.

Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.

Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?

I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.

Turning away Turkey from the EU would be a great, long-term - a century-long - error by Europe.

You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.