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    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      EU common budget
      German ruling deals blow to EU spending plans

      Funds for Ukraine are secure, says Berlin, but Brussels has delayed agreement as it pushes for other expenses

      Olaf Scholz
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Deutsche Bundesbank
      Bundesbank looks to aid savers by cutting lenders’ interest payments

      Central bank chief Joachim Nagel’s position at odds with other ECB policymakers

      Joachim Nagel
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
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      ‘Greedflation’ revisited

      Did price-gouging really contribute meaningfully to inflation?

    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
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      FinecoBank takes on Italy’s women-in-workforce challenge

      Part-time work option and hybrid model assist in supporting female participation in labour market

    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Special ReportDiversity Leaders
      Inclusive culture at Stora Enso bolsters the safety factor

      Swedish-Finnish pulp and paper giant tops ranking of Europe Diversity Leaders

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    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      German politics
      German top court strikes down €60bn off-budget climate fund

      Judges say government’s fund intended to subsidise chip factories and upgrade railways is illegal

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    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
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      Despite country’s huge debt load, politicians, central banks and rating agencies prevent it tumbling into the abyss

      Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      European Commission cuts growth forecasts after ‘challenging year’

      Latest downgrade comes amid rising expectations of stagnation in the coming quarters

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    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      French economy
      Rise in French unemployment delivers setback for Macron

      President’s ambitions to hit 5% rate dented by rise in joblessness among younger workers and women

      Emmanuel Macron
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      Brussels wants legal migrants to fill labour shortages Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: an end to the honey-laundering saga

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    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
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      The Financial Times invited readers to name European companies that are using new technology to meet the business challenges of 2023 — from geopolitical tensions to the rise of AI. Here are the shortlisted businesses, and this year’s winners

    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      EDF
      France strikes deal with EDF over power price curbs

      Agreement comes as European countries seek to avoid repeat of energy price explosion that followed Ukraine invasion

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    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
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      Investors raise hopes of economic rebound in Germany

      Confidence grows that downturn in largest EU economy has ‘bottomed out’, ZEW survey suggests

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    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
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      Court threatens to blow €60bn hole in German budget over off-balance sheet funds

      Ruling related to country’s enshrined debt brake risks spat within coalition and cash for energy transition

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      Also in this newsletter: Ireland ups the pressure on Israel

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      Industrialists call for deeper political union in EU on energy

      Schneider boss says there is ‘no unity’ as bloc struggles with substantially higher prices than US and Asia

      Schneider Electric chief Peter Herweck
    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      German economy
      German homebuilding collapse threatens wider economic damage

      Downturn in once-thriving residential construction industry poses challenge for EU’s largest economy

    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      European Central Bank
      ECB will not start cutting rates in ‘next couple of quarters’, Lagarde says

      Central bank’s president tells FT rates must be kept at current levels for ‘long enough’

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    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      How the race to host the EU’s latest quango got tied up in high politics Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Portugal calls a snap election as Spain moves to form a government

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    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Apple Inc
      Apple dealt blow at top EU court over €14.3bn tax bill in Ireland

      Brussels handed lifeline by opinion that previous ruling quashing its order for funds ‘should be set aside’

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    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Britain after Brexit
      Kemi Badenoch’s booster strategy fails to cover the cost of Brexit on UK trade Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: how subsidies are undermining the EU single market

    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      German economy
      Germany agrees tax subsidies for industry worth up to €28bn by 2028

      Deal to help shield country’s manufacturers from high energy costs likely to draw criticism from Brussels

      A worker stands near a blast furnace at a German metals plant
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      European Central Bank
      ECB makes case for keeping balance sheet big

      Central bank’s chief economist Philip Lane says return to pre-crisis levels would destabilise banks

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    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      How Bosnia got an EU membership boost with a little help from its friends Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: The EU’s capital markets are losing competitiveness, industry warns

    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Central banks
      Central bankers adamant rates will remain high, as markets bet on cuts

      Officials say they would want to see companies cutting profit margins to be convinced inflation would fall sufficiently

      Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, left, and Central Bank of Ireland chief Gabriel Makhlouf at a conference in Dublin on Wednesday
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