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How Taiwan conquered US politics — and showed Europe how it’s done

How Taiwan conquered US politics — and showed Europe how it’s done

The island democracy off the coast of China has wooed friends in every U.S. faction and region — and that’s its greatest source of strength and protection.

July 6, 2024 3:59 pm CET
Surging Le Pen threatens Macron’s European defense dreams
US political uncertainty crashes central bank retreat in Portugal
Investors too confused by French election to panic — yet
The dirty little secret no politician will admit: There is no way to ‘go for growth’
How French financial chaos could end Meloni’s market honeymoon 
Bardella revives market unease with pledge to claw back billions from EU
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Macron’s wager puts France’s economy in peril

The rise of the far right is sending tremors through financial markets and could push French debt deeper into the danger zone.

June 13, 2024 6:00 am CET

Nigel Farage eyes debanking revenge with plan to hit bank profits

Reform UK thinks they can raise up to £40 billion to fund tax cuts by treating banks’ QE reserves differently.

June 10, 2024 9:39 pm CET

Biden in Normandy says he prays Americans don’t become isolationists

In the first of his two addresses in France, Biden makes the case for international alliances.

June 6, 2024 4:10 pm CET

‘Dire’ Ukraine situation has Denmark mulling mega shift on EU defense bonds

In addition to military situation, Foreign Minister Rasmussen says no guarantee recent U.S. package for Kyiv won’t be the last.

May 27, 2024 7:03 pm CET

Tory MPs urge Hunt: Break the Bank of England’s QT doom loop

MPs are chafing at the cost of quantitative tightening.

May 19, 2024 1:06 pm CET

Britain’s next financial crash is coming. This time it won’t be the banks.

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, regulators fear that the part of the financial system that sits outside of banks has absorbed all the risk.

May 10, 2024 6:10 pm CET

Has the EU really just found €400B it could spend on defense?

Europe’s rescue fund has nothing left to rescue. It could now become governments’ silver bullet for military investment instead.

May 6, 2024 4:00 am CET

Scholz and Macron to hold secret dinner in Paris ahead of Xi’s visit

The meeting comes days ahead of Chinese leader’s trip to France and tensions over potential EU car tariffs

May 2, 2024 1:42 pm CET

Liz Truss hates the Bank of England boss. That might just save him

Dubbed the “plank of England” by one newspaper, Andrew Bailey hasn’t always been the most popular figure — but, perversely, criticism from Truss has helped.

April 18, 2024 7:06 pm CET

Londongrad forever? Why the UK may never seize Russian assets

Pledges to take Russian money to help Ukraine face a litany of legal and tactical quandaries.

April 15, 2024 4:00 am CET

Euro plunges, eyes parity with dollar after Lagarde’s go-it-alone pledge

The currency weakened as the ECB signals it plans start cutting rates before the Fed.

April 12, 2024 6:26 pm CET

Once humiliated by inflation, the ECB is now saying it was right all along

The battle for the narrative has swung again, now that prices are (nearly) behaving themselves.

April 5, 2024 2:38 pm CET
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UK’s Cameron tells Europe: Pressure House Speaker Johnson on Ukraine

European foreign ministers have ‘a real role to play’ in lobbying the senior U.S. Republican, Britain’s top diplomat says.

April 4, 2024 5:33 pm CET

Donald Tusk risks ECB brawl after move to put Polish bank boss on trial

Poland’s coalition is trying to rid public institutions of the former right-wing Law and Justice government’s influence.

March 21, 2024 12:12 pm CET

Look away: The ECB is about to change its rules of engagement

But it would rather markets didn’t confuse the new structures with monetary policy.

March 12, 2024 11:01 pm CET
Women's Day

Is a woman’s place in the home? Ireland is poised to decide.

A vote to axe sexism from Ireland’s constitution is in the balance amid pushback from left and right.

March 8, 2024 4:00 am CET

Italian banks brace for an uncertain future after a bumper year

The canary in Europe’s financial coal mine is still singing lustily, but there’s a whiff of something nasty in the pit.

February 23, 2024 3:43 pm CET

Bundesbank sees years of losses ahead, but thinks the worst is over

The German central bank’s provisions were all but wiped out by a €21.6B loss last year.

February 23, 2024 1:29 pm CET

Even the Bank of England is giving in to the banks

Lenders on either side of the Atlantic have been campaigning hard against incoming standards

February 23, 2024 4:00 am CET

ECB slides to €1.3B net loss in 2023

The central bank stressed that the loss “has no impact on its ability to conduct effective monetary policy.”

February 22, 2024 12:20 pm CET

Brexit’s latest twist: Britain pushes the EU to increase red tape

The City of London was supposed to have been set free by Britain’s departure from the EU. That’s not how it’s turning out.

February 20, 2024 4:00 am CET

What to know about Trump’s massive court judgments

He’s now on the hook for nearly a half-billion dollars across three civil cases. These are the rules for when and how he must pay.

February 17, 2024 9:49 am CET

Ukraine’s funding gap — by the numbers

A ballooning defense budget and dwindling international aid could push Ukraine’s war-torn economy to the brink.

January 25, 2024 7:01 pm CET

A quiet revolution rocks central banking 

It’s called ‘pre-positioning.’ Remember the word; it’s going to be important.

January 19, 2024 5:48 pm CET
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