ECB beat inflation without heavy economic costs, says departing hawk
Veteran Dutch policymaker says central bank would have taken ‘more pain’ to tackle post-pandemic price rises if it had to ...
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Europe Must Get Off the Sidelines in the Middle East
The European Union has rarely played more than an auxiliary role in helping resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in spite of its multifaceted presence in the region. Over the past two decades, ...
Analysis-Europe Placates Trump With NATO Pledges It Can Ill Afford
As a piece of political theatre, the Hague summit at least won over its intended audience: Trump himself. Amid concerns about his commitment to NATO's mutual defence clause, he said the United States ...
EU antitrust regulators to investigate Mars' $36 bln Kellanova deal
EU antitrust regulators opened on Wednesday a full-scale investigation into candy maker Mars' $36 billion takeover of Pringles maker Kellanova , saying the deal may hurt competition.
European corporate distress index rises to nine-month high, Weil index shows
Corporate distress levels in Europe rose to a nine-month high in the three months to the end of May, an index compiled by law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges shows, driven by an uncertain economic outlook ...
How strongmen mastered the art of dividing Europe
Yet in foreign policy the contrast between the EU ’s genteel, consensual decision-making rhythms and the brusque ways of strongmen even beyond America has grown starkly of late. Autocrats from China, ...
A defence splurge will slow Europe’s deindustrialisation
But whether more defence spending will compensate for the relative decline in European manufacturing and help preserve manufacturing jobs depends on the size of the sector, where its supply chains run ...
This is Europe’s Manhattan Project moment, argues a tech boss
Europe cannot afford to sit this out. It needs its own Manhattan Project for AI defence. It would not cost the Earth: the original American effort to achieve nuclear deterrence and build a platform to ...
German parliament passes 46-bln-euro corporate tax relief package
The package, dubbed by the government as an “investment booster”, contains corporate tax breaks amounting to almost 46 billion euros ($54 billion) from this year through to 2029, creating a gap in ...
Feckless Europe accepts Trump’s Lone Ranger diplomacy
Today, though, the initial response of Sir Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister, was as clinical as a Pentagon press release. “Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon and the US has ...
Europe Needs Ukraine to Fight Russia With Reduced US Help: Think Tank
As NATO meets in The Hague, a Kyiv think tank says Europe must face the Russian threat with reduced U.S. support.
Europe placates Trump with NATO pledges it can ill afford
In their rush to retain Donald Trump's support for NATO, the alliance's European members have promised to more than double the amount of wealth they set aside for military spending.
Europe’s plan to finally make its single market work
Three decades after it was launched, hundreds of barriers still persist within the EU. In an era of trade wars, Brussels has made it a key priority ...
Goldman CEO urges Europe to review 'overbearing' regulations in French opinion piece
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon urged Europe to reconsider its "extensive" regulatory requirements through an opinion piece published in French newspaper Les Echos on Tuesday, as they place ...
German industrial lobby group cuts 2025 economic forecast as US tariffs weigh
The German economy is set to contract more than previously expected in 2025 as U.S. tariffs weigh on exports, the BDI industry association said on Monday, forecasting a 0.3% contraction in 2025.
French private sector activity contracts further in June, PMI shows
PARIS (Reuters) -French private sector activity contracted further in June, as weakness in both the manufacturing and services sectors hit the euro zone's second-biggest economy, S&P Global said on ...
The lookahead: What next after U.S. strikes on Iran and Europe's 5% defense problem
NATO meetings with Trump in attendance have a history of being dramatic. Back in 2017, the White House leader consistently questioned America's commitment to the alliance, and accused other members of ...
The Week Ahead: What next after U.S. strikes on Iran and Europe's 5% defense problem
NATO meetings with Trump in attendance have a history of being dramatic. Back in 2017, the White House leader consistently questioned America's commitment to the alliance, and accused other members of ...
The Week Ahead: What's next after U.S. strikes on Iran and Europe's 5% defense problem
NATO meetings with Trump in attendance have a history of being dramatic. Back in 2017, the White House leader consistently questioned America's commitment to the alliance, and accused other members of ...
Switzerland lifts economic sanctions on Syria
ZURICH - Switzerland said on Friday it will lift a raft of economic sanctions imposed on Syria, including the Middle Eastern country's central bank. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
Overcapacity: the economic buzzword fuelling Europe’s clash with China
Some EU officials believe Beijing is trying to distract from what they consider to be serious problems by poking holes in the terminology.
ECB's Panetta says EU a victim of US efforts to distance Russia from China
The United States' "confrontational" trade stance towards Europe is a consequence of U.S. efforts to give Russia a seat in international forums and weaken its ties with China, a top European Central ...
ECB's Panetta Says EU a Victim of US Efforts to Distance Russia From China
ECB Governing Council member Fabio Panetta told a student conference in Milan he believed the European Union was paying the price for taking a firm stance against Russia in light of the war in Ukraine ...
Bet on bonds, oil and European defense stocks, says market strategist
Marcella Chow from JP Morgan Asset Management shares her investment ideas amid slowing U.S. growth, worsening tensions in the Middle East and the push to up defense spending in Europe.
European shares fall as Middle East tensions weigh; eyes on Fed decision
European shares declined on Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decision, with ongoing tensions in the Middle East adding to market uncertainty.
Europe wants to show it is ready for war. But would anyone show up to fight one?
Last year a Gallup survey asked citizens in 45 countries how willing they would be to take up arms in case of war. Four of the five places with the least enthusiastic fighters globally were in Europe, ...
EUROPE Gloom pervades ahead of Fed meet's outcome
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, ...
These are the sticking points holding up a U.S.-EU trade deal
The U.S. and European Union are nearing the deadline for striking a deal on trade before tariffs come back into full effect.
EU spurns economic dialogue with China over deepening trade rift
The bloc’s stonewalling of the talks, known as the EU-China High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue, underlines the deep divisions between the sides despite Beijing’s efforts to court Europe as a ...
European shares slide as Israel-Iran conflict keeps markets on edge
By Purvi Agarwal and Sanchayaita Roy (Reuters) -European shares tumbled on Tuesday as the conflict between Iran and Israel entered its fifth day, raising the risk of further regional unrest and ...
Swiss cut economic outlook for 2025 as trade war risks weigh
The Swiss government cut its growth forecast for 2025 and 2026 on Monday, as the export-orientated economy braces itself for the impact of the global trade war.
Europe is trying to woo Southeast Asia — but it won’t win it over the U.S. or China
"Relationships are built on economic ties in Southeast Asia, more than anything else," Teneo's Bob Herrera-Lim said.
Europe is trying to woo Southeast Asia — but it won't win it over the U.S. or China
Relationships are built on economic ties in Southeast Asia, more than anything else,” Teneo’s Bob Herrera-Lim said.
European Stocks Gain as Mideast Conflict Contained; Kering Soars
European stocks gained Monday, as investors were optimistic that the Israel-Iran conflict would have limited economic impact beyond the Middle East. Kering SA rallied on news the luxury-goods company ...
Australian pension fund Aware Super cites ‘significant’ opportunities in Europe
Deanne Stewart, chief executive of Aware Super, which manages A$190bn ($124bn) for more than 1.1mn savers, said she saw a “really significant opportunity for Europe and the UK”, and while there were ...
Macron to Visit Greenland to Show European Support for the Strategic Arctic Island Coveted by Trump
French President Emmanuel Macron’s first trip to Greenland is aimed at shoring up Europe’s political backing for Denmark and its semiautonomous territory ...
Macron visits Greenland to signal European resolve after Trump annexation threats
French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Greenland on Sunday, in a show of solidarity with Denmark meant to send a signal of European resolve after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to take ...
Swiss government backs agreement strengthening economic ties to EU
The Swiss cabinet on Friday approved a deal struck in December with the European Union aimed at deepening bilateral economic ties and has now launched a domestic consultation process. Global ...
European shares drop as trade optimism wanes, geopolitical tensions rise
By Purvi Agarwal and Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) -European equities logged their fourth consecutive decline on Thursday as trade optimism dimmed, while mounting geopolitical tensions prompted a pullback ...
Europe’s Exporters Feel the Chill From Trump Tariffs
EU exports fell by close to 10% in April compared with the month earlier, a dramatic reversal from March’s increase as American importers stocked up ahead of U.S. tariff announcements.
European stocks are buoyant. Firms still refuse to list there
The failure to attract and retain fast-growing firms is most often laid at the doors of the London Stock Exchange, but it is a pan-European malaise. Klarna, after all, is Swedish. So is Spotify, the ...
German economic institutes raise growth forecasts
The German economy is expected to grow this year following two consecutive years of contraction, two economic institutes said on Thursday, raising their forecasts for 2025 and 2026.
Bilderberg group meets in Sweden amid US-Europe tensions
Bilderberg Meeting kicks off in Sweden on Thursday, providing a private forum for discussion at a time when President Donald Trump has upended security and economic ties between the U.S. and Europe.
As the NATO summit approaches, more than cash is at stake
W hat makes a good NATO ally? Debates over burden-sharing have “moved and shaken” the alliance ever since its foundation in 1949, says Rafael Loss of the European Council on Foreign Relations, a think ...
European stocks flat as investors await outcome of US-China talks
European shares closed little changed on Tuesday in cautious trade as investors awaited the outcome of the second day of U.S.-China trade talks in London. The continent-wide STOXX 600 index closed ...
Private capital group Blackstone plots $500bn expansion in Europe
Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder of the $1.2tn-in-assets investment group, told the Financial Times in an interview that Blackstone was planning to invest “at least $500bn” in Europe in the coming ...
The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: how the old economic order fell out of favour
The Wolf-Krugman Exchange was produced by Sandra Kanthal and Mischa Frankl-Duval, and the broadcast engineer was Andrew Georgiades. The sound engineer was Breen Turner. Manuela Saragosa is the FT’s ...