Last Sunday, Brazilians returned Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the presidency with just over 51% of the vote, against 48% for Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. It was the first time since direct elections returned in 1989 that a candidate who lost the first round went on to win the runoff. Markets were caught off guard: […]
The French Election: Shall We ‘Keep Calm and Carry on Globalizing’?
This Sunday was an important day. Yes, it was the second round of the presidential election in France, but the results seemed to be quite important far beyond its borders. Namely, the second round of the French presidential race was viewed by many as a race between globalization and populism/nationalism, between further European integration and […]