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  • Monday, 26 February, 2024
    The Big Read
    China’s plan to reshape world trade on its own terms

    Friction with the west has prompted Beijing to build its own alternative system focused on developing nations

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    Signing bilateral and regional FTAs is a priority of Xi Jinping, China’s authoritarian leader
  • Sunday, 25 February, 2024
    Eurozone inflation
    Will eurozone inflation continue to drop?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    A European flag flutters in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) building
  • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Nato chief says it is inevitable Ukraine will join defence alliance

    Western leaders pledge to support Kyiv on second anniversary of Russia’s invasion as doubts over US aid mount

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Giorgia Meloni speak at Hostomel airport
  • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
    Agriculture
    Farmers storm Paris agriculture fair as Macron promises more help

    Fresh indication of pan-European tensions as ministers prepare to meet in Brussels on Monday

  • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
    High yield bonds
    Investors pile in to European junk bonds as inflation cools

    European investors opt for junk bond ETFs in home markets over US for first time since 2019

    A trading floor at the Euronext NV stock exchange in Paris, France
  • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
    Europe Express
    Orbán rides out a scandal Premium content

    Hungary’s leader discards the head of state and sets his sights on transforming the EU from within

    Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán arrives for a meeting an an EU summit in Brussels in December last year
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Deutsche Bundesbank
    Bundesbank burns through more than €20bn to cover huge losses

    German central bank uses up €19.2bn of provisions it built up to cover financial risks to absorb deficit

    A car drives out of the Bundesbank’s headquarters in Frankfurt
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    EU energy
    European gas price falls to pre-energy crisis level

    Regional benchmark trades at lowest rate since Russia began curtailing supplies to Europe in 2021

    A floating storage and regasification unit in Germany
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Poland
    EU to start unfreezing Poland’s funds next week

    Ursula von der Leyen says Warsaw made ‘decisive’ steps to restore rule of law

    Donald Tusk and Ursula von der Leyen in front of a podium
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why Europe’s farmers are still on the warpath Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Can Bulgaria’s awkward coalition deal survive?

    Tractors are parked near the European Parliament during a protest by farmers as European leaders meet for an EU summit in Brussels
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Soumaya Keynes
    A second dose of Trump on trade would differ from the first

    Expect more emphasis on global trade deficits, more dramatic intervention and bigger problems for Europe

    Ann Kiernan illustration of Donald Trump standing in front of a blue background with a downward trending graph and yellow stars crossed out.
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    European capitals seek $1.5bn in fallback plan to arm Ukraine

    Czech Republic leads initiative to buy artillery shells from outside EU

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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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    The companies benefiting from Europe’s defence revival

    Weapons makers are boosting production after decades of under-investment

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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    UK immigration
    UK and EU agree to co-operate more closely on migration

    Britain and border agency Frontex to share intelligence and swap liaison staff in latest evidence of thawing relations

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  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    Booking Holdings
    Booking faces almost €500mn fine in Spain over competition practices

    Regulators seek to clamp down on world’s biggest online travel group as part of efforts to control tech dominance

    Tourists on Las Ramblas, Barcelona
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    EU energy
    EU quartet warns German gas transit costs will fuel need for Russian imports

    Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia say Berlin levy could increase ‘geopolitical dependency’ on Moscow

    Uniper natural gas storage facility in Germany
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    Britain after Brexit
    Security can be the starting point for deepening the post-Brexit UK-EU relationship Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter, Goldman Sachs estimates Brexit’s impact on the UK economy

    Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the Munich Security Conference last week
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    EU immigration
    Albanian MPs approve deal to build migrant centres for Italy

    Rights groups criticise Tirana’s agreement, which echoes UK’s stalled immigration pact with Rwanda 

    Albanian MPs vote on migrant deal between Italy and Albania in Tirana on February 22 2024
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    Moldova
    EU imposes sanctions on Russia-linked entities accused of destabilising Moldova

    Six individuals and a paramilitary group alleged to be doing Moscow’s bidding in former Soviet state

    Police officers block protesters holding an anti-government rally
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    European Central Bank
    ECB makes first loss since 2004 due to higher interest costs

    Policymakers will carry forward €1.3bn annual deficit to offset against future profits for first time in its history

    The ECB building in Frankfurt
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    Eurozone economy
    Eurozone downturn eases despite German factory decline, survey finds

    S&P Global’s flash eurozone composite purchasing managers’ index rises to 8-month high

    A BMW assembly line in Munich
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why von der Leyen is focusing on security ahead of EU elections Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: the arcane process to choose the host of the EU’s anti-money laundering agency

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, centre, leaves a press conference at the European parliament in Brussels
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    Markets InsightRobin Brooks
    EU’s Russia sanctions trade-off has stored up problems

    Weak enforcement has come at the expense of — perhaps — a faster end to the war

    People walk past a Gazprombank office in Moscow, Russia
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    The Big Read
    The problem with Europe’s ageing wind farms

    As thousands of turbines near retirement, owners must decide whether to invest in upgrades or walk away from a vital source of clean energy

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  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    Brexit
    Food industry warns ‘Not for EU’ labelling will deter investment in UK

    Post-Brexit requirement will put up costs for British manufacturers, says Food and Drink Federation

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