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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Tesla Inc
      Tesla strikes in Sweden are ‘insane’, says Musk

      Industrial action at carmaker over collective bargaining sparks wave of sympathy strikes that could spill into other countries

      A member of the IF Metall union stands outside Tesla’s service centre
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      German economy
      Germany to suspend borrowing limits for fourth year after debt brake ruling

      Berlin to ask parliament to declare ‘exceptional emergency’ allowing it to create supplementary 2023 budget

      Finance minister Christian Lindner, pictured in Berlin on Thursday
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Britain after Brexit
      Brexit brings with it a new kind of uncertainty Premium content

      Also in this week’s newsletter: a deep dive into UK trade performance

      Jeremy Hunt
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Greek politics
      Greek leftist Syriza party suffers wave of resignations

      Departures signal possible break-up of party that led the country during the euro crisis

      Effie Achtsioglou
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      News in-depthDutch election
      Wilders’ win in Dutch election is a boon for Europe’s far right

      Veteran anti-Islam, anti-EU politician has capitalised on voter fears about immigration

      Geert Wilders gives a speech in The Hague on Wednesday after the announcement of the first exit poll results
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      News in-depthGermany
      How Germany’s ‘debt brake’ broke the budget

      Government in disarray after top court insists it abide by constitutional restrictions on public deficits

      Montage of Olaf Scholz and logo of German constitutional court
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      European Commission
      EU approves tranche of Hungary’s frozen funds

      Pre-payment comes despite Viktor Orbán toughening rhetoric against Brussels

      Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Austria
      Head of Austrian parliament accused of conspiring to obstruct justice

      Covert recording of now-deceased civil servant accuses Wolfgang Sobotka of interfering in sensitive investigations

      President of the Austrian council Wolfgang Sobotka
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Eurozone interest rates
      ECB policymakers open to another interest rate rise if needed

      Minutes show central bank’s governing council recognised need to avoid ‘unwarranted loosening of financial conditions’

      The European Central Bank headquarters pictured next to the river Main in Frankfurt
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Lawrence Jones
      British tech tycoon Lawrence Jones guilty of rape and sexual assault

      Founder of web-hosting business UKFast convicted of attacking three women

      Lawrence Jones
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Polish truckers extend Ukraine border blockade

      Protest spreads to main crossing with long queues forming as temperatures drop

      Polish truck drivers blockade the Dorohusk Polish-Ukrainian border crossing
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Eurozone economy
      Easing of eurozone business woes allays fears of deep recession

      Purchasing managers’ index shows slight improvement in companies’ activity levels

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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Climate change
      Hunt criticised for downgrading climate change in BoE guidance

      UK chancellor heightens focus on economic growth in list of four priorities for Financial Policy Committee

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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Instant InsightTony Barber
      Far-right Dutch victory puts European liberal democracy on defensive

      Geert Wilders’ success will make it harder for EU to forge common stances on migration, Ukraine and enlargement

      Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right Freedom party (PVV)
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Dutch election
      Far-right’s Geert Wilders wins big in Dutch election

      Anti-EU politician pledges to curb ‘asylum tsunami’ but will need other parties for coalition

      Geert Wilders
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      UK energy
      UK energy price cap to rise by 5% in January

      Move by energy regulator will see bills rise to £1,928 a year for a typical home

      A smart energy meter, used to monitor gas and electricity use and a central heating thermostat dial at a home in London
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU and Canada preparing show of friendship at joint summit Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Austria’s foreign minister calls for elections in Ukraine

      Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Travel
      From magician’s assistant to tech mogul — and creator of Soho’s most flamboyant hotel

      The rollercoaster family story behind London’s theatrical new Broadwick hotel

      A magician’s assistant in gold lame jacket sits on a model wooden train. On one side stands the magician, on the other a young boy
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Treat Bosnia on par with Ukraine over accession talks, Austria tells EU

      Foreign minister warns Brussels not to look at Balkans ‘with a magnifying glass’ and at Kyiv ‘with rose-tinted glasses’

      Alexander Schallenberg
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Oil producers face ‘moment of truth’ over green investment, IEA warns

      Sector’s clean energy spending is far below that needed to hit Paris climate goals, agency says

      Flammable gases released from a flare stack at a oil refinery in Germany
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      FT Magazine
      Ukraine: the new fissures in a society under strain

      For all their stoical resistance Ukrainians are increasingly riven between those who stayed and those who left, those who fought and those who didn’t

      People walk past sandbags protecting a theatre on Andriivskyi Descent in the Podil neighborhood
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Nissan Motor Co Ltd
      Nissan set to build two new electric models at its Sunderland plant

      Japanese carmaker expected to invest £1bn and allay any uncertainty over future of its UK factory

      Workers on the production line at Nissan’s factory in Sunderland
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      UBS Group AG
      UBS chief Sergio Ermotti calls for tougher sanctions on negligent bankers

      Banker urges greater power for Swiss regulators in wake of Credit Suisse collapse

      Sergio Ermotti
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      German politics
      German parliament cancels 2024 budget vote amid political crisis

      Bundestag committee postpones poll indefinitely following constitutional court ruling against coalition’s spending plans

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Claer Barrett
      Would Aussie rules boost UK pensions?

      A ‘pot for life’ and other Autumn Statement windfalls will benefit wealthier investors

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