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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.
Berlin inks lithium deal with Belgrade despite environmental concerns
ECB leaves rates unchanged, keeps door open to September cut
In conversation: Broadcom and Telia on sovereign cloud
The MEPs who actually matter
To do: 6 thorny issues lurking in MEPs’ inboxes
Report: Trump wouldn’t fire Fed’s Powell if reelected
This burger could kill the EU
Farmers furious about lab-grown meat are taking their fight to the heart of the European project.
EU opens new front with China over car chips
Officials are concerned subsidized Chinese firms are going after the bloc’s champions.
Germany’s doner kebab becomes symbol of angst over rising costs
“I can still remember when doner kebabs were sold for €3.50,” reminisced one teenager amid calls for a price brake to stop rising kebab costs.
Britain finally has a female chancellor. It only took 800 years.
Meet Rachel Reeves: the chess-playing former banker who needs to get the U.K. economy rolling.
Draghi’s EU competitiveness plan set to be delayed until September
Von der Leyen likely won’t have time to focus on Mario Draghi’s report until after the summer as she’s so focused on winning her second term.
EU parliament centrists circle wagons to keep far right out of top jobs
Liberals are incensed over a backdoor deal between the EPP and ECR.
Isolated, Hungary calls for open competition with Chinese electric cars
Only seven ministers and no commissioner attended the first gathering of Budapest’s six-month presidency of the Council of the EU.
Open Access: A Moral Imperative for Progress
There is a moral imperative to make scientific research freely available. Publicly funded research should be publicly accessible. Accelerating research availability can save lives, support researchers’ careers, and create a brighter future.
The world’s most successful military alliance. If you can keep it.
Trump or not in the White House, NATO has to embrace some hard realities to survive another five — much less 75 — years.
The future of packaging in Europe
We need to change how the EU packages food and beverages to transition to a low-carbon circular economy.
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.
Macron loses clout to European free traders as he does battle at home
As Emmanuel Macron faces another election defeat, France’s hold over EU trade policy is about to loosen. Some EU countries sense an opportunity.
The UK’s Brexit dream is dead
Sorry Boris, your Euroskeptic vision has failed in so many ways.
US political uncertainty crashes central bank retreat in Portugal
Reports of financial chaos in France have been vastly overstated, Europe’s economic elite say. Instead, the U.S. election is the one to watch.
Investors too confused by French election to panic — yet
Markets will certainly make their position known if politicking threatens to stretch public finances.
European markets open higher on relief at French election results
Stocks bounce sharply as the first round of voting leaves Le Pen’s National Rally looking short of securing a majority in parliament.
Le Pen’s far right set for big win in first round of French election
Early projections show National Rally on course for victory in the vote for a new parliament as Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble backfires.
Precious rare earth metals belong to the state, China declares
Beijing’s hold on the coveted resources has long been seen as a threat to Western clean power and tech supply chains.
The sleepy corner of England battling China
In an unlikely U.K. political battleground, politicians all want a piece of the lithium boom.
Liz Truss battles to save her skin at UK election
She struggled to defeat a lettuce and now Britain’s shortest serving prime minister is fighting for her political life in her Norfolk constituency.
Le Pen pushes back against Macron picking Breton as EU commissioner
New fight brews between French president and surging far right ahead of snap election.
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.
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.
How French financial chaos could end Meloni’s market honeymoon
Meloni’s careful stewardship of the Italian economy has been rewarded by Europe’s famously fickle financial markets. But chaos across the Alps could draw unwanted attention to Italy’s huge debt pile.