Europe Economy

Ukraine prepares to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion while U.S. President Donald Trump, in between tariff threats, pushes for a ceasefire, voters in Germany pick a new government, and ...

Commission expected to approve greater use of Renure, a product based on dung, to lower costs and boost efficiency ...

Goals on boosting carbon sequestration, the circular economy, organic farming and reducing the EU’s consumption footprint are most at risk.

Germany’s likely next chancellor wants to reboot ties with France, do a free-trade deal with Donald Trump and get tougher on China and Russia.

The European Central Bank’s loss ballooned to a record €7.9bn last year, as its interest rate payments on its own financial liabilities rose as a result of its decision to increase borrowing costs.

We are all deregulators now, it seems. European leaders embrace deregulation with the zeal of converts. Both the European Commission and those in the UK government seem convinced that slow growth ...

Europe needs a more flexible financial market to finance innovation and growth. Closing the gap to a buoyant and deregulating US won’t be easy. But unclogging the securitisation market would be a ...

The incoming chancellor will inherit a host of problems buffeting carmaking, including high energy and labor costs along with a looming trade war.

European fund managers are increasingly bullish that rising economic growth will fuel a rally in the region’s stocks, with the proportion saying the shares are undervalued against global peers ...

Germany’s economic sentiment surged in February, with the ZEW Indicator rising 15.7 points to 26.0, the highest since July 2024. Optimism was fuelled by ECB rate cuts, hopes for fiscal stimulus, and a ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz, Germany’s likely next chancellor, told POLITICO he’s “very worried” the European Union is heading for another financial crisis because governments have taken on too much debt.

European shares marked a record closing high on Monday, boosted by defence stocks as investors priced in the likelihood of increased military spending in the region, following growing U.S. pressure.

Today on the show, host Martin Sandbu poses these questions to Sergei Guriev, dean of the London Business School, and an economic adviser to Russian opposition figures, as they try to figure out what ...

Remaining competitive is fundamental to Europe’s future. And implementing the European Green Deal is the best mechanism to get there. Climate change and its costs to the economy are real and set to ...

Donald Trump says he doesn’t like economic sanctions. The U.S. president has however hinted he might use that weapon to force his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and try to ...

Swiss economic growth accelerated in the fourth quarter compared with the previous three months, driven by both industry and the services sector, a preliminary official estimate showed on Monday.

European leaders are meeting in Paris today to discuss Ukraine and defence, a day before US-Russia talks begin in Saudi.

For the first time in a decade, the number of unemployed is closing in on 3 million — and there’s more to come.

A deal with the devil would boost the continent’s miserable economy

Peter Magyar, the opposition challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said on Saturday he would focus on tackling a cost-of-living crisis and reviving the country's flagging economy if he ...

The focus of Europe’s attention right now is Trump’s démarche on the Ukraine war. But just before that, it was the threat of US tariffs and the breakdown of an open international trade order.

High internal barriers and regulatory hurdles are far more damaging for growth than anything America might impose ...

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron urged Europe to respond to "the electroshock" triggered by the return of U.S. President Donald Trump to the White House with a new approach to defense and the ...

The eurozone's industrial sector continues to struggle, with production shrinking more than expected in December, Reuters reports. The figures highlight the severity of the sector's ongoing recession, despite some recent signs of stabilization.December saw a 1.1% monthly decline in industrial output, exceeding forecasts of

And here is Emmanuel Cau of Barclays, writing before the Trump-Putin call: ...

Russia will be "reintegrated" into the world economy and the European energy system once a peace deal is achieved and the war ends in Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday.

Fight or talk? That is the bleak option facing EU member states after US President Donald Trump escalated his trade war by pledging to levy tariffs for a number of ills such as selling cars Americans ...

Top European officials had no clue Donald Trump was about to announce a peace plan for Ukraine, after a world-changing call to the Kremlin.

Emmanuel Macron has described Donald Trump’s return as an “electroshock” that should force Europe to secure its own future as well as Ukraine’s.

The German economy is expected to contract by 0.5% this year, marking a third consecutive year of shrinkage and the longest period of economic weakness in the country's post-war history, according to a report released Thursday by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)."This