Skip to main content
Advertisement
Log In POLITICO Pro

Investment

UK launches pensions review in bid to boost investments

UK launches pensions review in bid to boost investments

The landmark review into the pensions and investment market seeks ways to boost the investment potential of support schemes while equally optimizing savings for pensioners.

July 20, 2024 11:30 pm CET
To do: 6 thorny issues lurking in MEPs’ inboxes
The MEPs who actually matter

The MEPs who actually matter

July 18, 2024 4:00 am CET
The never-ending job of depriving Putin of the means to kill Ukrainians
Pragmatism over principle: Europe’s Greens adapt to survive 
Draghi’s EU competitiveness plan set to be delayed until September
Britain finally has a female chancellor. It only took 800 years.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Unpacked

Orbán: From dissident to Putin’s Hungarian boyar

The prime minister’s self-proclaimed “peace mission 3.0” resembles Mussolini’s generous offers to arbitrate peace negotiations between Hitler — his partner in the Pact of Steel — and Britain and France.

July 11, 2024 4:00 am CET

What the China-Russia alliance means for the West

Putin’s recent visit to Beijing is one more sign of an evolving new Cold War.

July 10, 2024 4:02 am CET

Anxious about Biden, Democratic donors begin looking to bolster down-ballot candidates

Funds may flow to battleground House and Senate candidates even as turmoil at the top of ticket threatens to drag them down.

July 8, 2024 5:02 pm CET

Labour’s top policy priorities

A deep dive into what Keir Starmer’s government will tackle in their first 100 days and then in their first year.

July 6, 2024 3:40 pm CET
SPONSORED CONTENT FROM UCB

The call for an EU Action Plan for rare diseases

Driving excellence: A new EU Action Plan for rare diseases that drives innovation, creativity and competitiveness can position the EU as a leader on the global stage.

July 4, 2024 5:00 am CET
SPONSORED CONTENT FROM GILEAD

From stigma to support: Ending HIV in Europe by 2030 

With a new European Parliament and elections across the continent this year, campaigners are working hard to ensure the needs of people with HIV remain high on health agendas. 

July 3, 2024 5:00 am CET

Starmer will have to walk a US-China tightrope

There’s already some discord between the two countries when it comes to China, but there are areas where they could work on similar approaches.

July 2, 2024 4:00 am CET

The sleepy corner of England battling China

In an unlikely U.K. political battleground, politicians all want a piece of the lithium boom.

June 30, 2024 10:00 am CET

The dirty little secret no politician will admit: There is no way to ‘go for growth’

Everything now is just a euphemism for financial repression and austerity. That doesn’t stop politicians looking for magical alternatives.

June 27, 2024 6:44 pm CET

Paris was on the cusp of becoming the EU’s finance hub. Then came the election.

The French vote could deal a massive blow to the capital’s post-Brexit ambitions.

June 27, 2024 6:37 pm CET
SPONSORED CONTENT FROM the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF)

Out of time. Out of patience. Women’s and adolescents’ health and rights cannot wait.

Women are suffering and dying because of preventable health issues, exacerbated by climate change and conflict. This must end now.

June 27, 2024 5:00 am CET

China targets Morocco as launchpad into Europe’s green auto market

As Brussels gets tougher on Chinese imports, Beijing is diversifying its strategies to maintain access to key markets.

June 26, 2024 6:00 am CET
Advertisement

Nobody even noticed the Tories’ biggest legacy

Five years ago this week, in the teeth of the Brexit wars, an outgoing Tory prime minister was looking for a legacy. Theresa May settled on net zero —and now it’s on Labour to keep that target alive.

June 25, 2024 8:00 pm CET

Hungary is flirting with China — at what cost to the EU?

Budapest’s friendly ties with Beijing run contrary to Brussels’ de-risking efforts.

June 25, 2024 6:00 am CET

Fortress Hungary has a surprising answer to its population crisis: Migration

Quietly and without much fanfare, Viktor Orbán’s government is allowing more and more guest workers into the country.

June 25, 2024 6:00 am CET

City dreams of Labour win to deliver new Brexit deal

It’s considered a ‘hanging offense,’ but could some EU countries hash out side deals with the UK on financial services?

June 25, 2024 5:00 am CET

EU prosecutors launch bombshell corruption probe into former European Investment Bank chief

Investigators raided Werner Hoyer’s house as part of an “abuse of influence” investigation.

June 24, 2024 2:03 pm CET

Why Washington is waiting on ‘Super Mario’

The former Italian prime minister is preparing to issue a sweeping report on economic competitiveness that sets up Europe to take on China — and America.

June 21, 2024 8:21 am CET

Meet Germany’s Lord of the Drones

A drone entrepreneur wants to save Europe with smarter war robots

June 20, 2024 6:00 am CET

France’s next government will have to tussle with EU’s spending police

Macron’s snap election looks likely to herald a fight between Paris and Brussels as the country is one of seven placed in Excessive Deficit Procedure.

June 19, 2024 3:50 pm CET

Rishi Sunak’s California escape hatch: His $7.2M beach home

The UK leader’s luxe penthouse and deep California ties have fueled speculation about where he could land if he winds up out of office.

June 19, 2024 7:07 am CET

EU chips plan to send emissions soaring, report finds

The bloc is keen to expand its microchips production, but the sector risks becoming a major polluter.

June 19, 2024 6:00 am CET

Europe gives China a taste of its own trade medicine

Europe is using the threat of tariffs to press Chinese electric car makers to set up in the EU and share know-how.

June 18, 2024 4:23 pm CET

Europe’s at risk of losing the global tech race

As this competition is ultimately a race for progress, wealth and geostrategic influence, its importance for the Continent’s future cannot be overvalued.

June 17, 2024 4:00 am CET
Advertisement