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    • Saturday, 25 November, 2023
      EU foreign policy
      Israel in diplomatic dispute with Spain and Belgium over Gaza bombardment

      Comments from leaders Pedro Sánchez and Alexander De Croo at Rafah condemned by foreign minister Eli Cohen

      Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, left, and Belgian premier Alexander de Croo speak at the Rafah crossing into Egypt from the Gaza Strip, Egypt
    • Saturday, 25 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      Populists seek dividends from a climate change backlash

      Hard-right parties make gains in Europe by exploiting fears that incomes and ways of life are under threat

      Defaced election campaign posters in Kaufbeuren for Germany’s Green Party. The red lettering reads ‘AFD’, the name of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, ahead of the regional election in Bavaria last month
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      EU economy
      Brussels approves Italy’s changes to multibillion EU spending plan

      Agreement is a boost for Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government

      Giorgia Meloni, prime minister of Italy
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      UK politics
      UK should do a ‘bit extra’ to restore Stormont, says former N Ireland leader

      Peter Robinson says Westminster needs to legislate for a ‘reassertion of the sovereignty of the UK’

      Peter Robinson, the former first minister and Democratic Unionist Party leader,
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      What EU countries fight about when they fight about the budget Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: France’s selective bashing of Chinese electric vehicles

      Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
      What the Dutch far-right win means for the EU

      Record net migration to the UK post-Brexit

    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Timothy Garton Ash
      Europe’s problem? It’s too attractive

      Harsh measures and lurid rhetoric on migration make the continent look as if it is betraying its own values

      Montage image of the EU flag and barbed wire
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Finland
      Finland warns Russia it is prepared to shut all border points over migrant pressure

      Foreign minister raises fears that Moscow could smuggle soldiers or war criminals into Nordic country

      A Finnish border guard speaks to migrants near the crossing between Finland and Russia in Salla, Finland
    • 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
      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

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    • 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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      EU financial regulation
      European Commission fines Rabobank €26.6mn over bond trading cartel

      Deutsche Bank avoids penalty of almost €156mn after revealing existence of collusion

      The Deutsche Bank headquarters
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      EU agriculture
      EU parliament strikes down pesticide law

      Rightwing politicians muster majority against proposed rules to limit use of agricultural chemicals

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      News in-depthWaste management & recycling
      EU lawmakers back plan to cut packaging waste

      Brussels’ proposals led many industries from plastic producers to Camembert makers to push for exemptions

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
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      Italy’s Enel to cut renewable investments

      State-controlled utility rows back on green spending in new 3-year plan after clash with government

      Enel Green Power’s geothermal power site in Larderello, Italy
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      European banks
      ECB warns of ‘early signs of stress’ at eurozone banks as default rates rise

      Stability review notes sector’s resilience but urges lenders to increase provisions to cover rising loan losses

      Luis de Guindos, vice-president of the European Central Bank
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