European markets open to close: Fed-Trump, French politics
European stock markets opened sharply lower on Tuesday, pulled down by French equities as traders monitored the potential…
Angela Merkel’s legacy under scrutiny in a Germany gripped by distrust and a rising far-right – The Irish Times
Like Edith Piaf, Angela Merkel regrets nothing. That is how the ex-chancellor views Germany’s refugee and asylum crisis.…
Europe’s economy can’t grow without migrants, Lagarde warns – POLITICO
Lagarde singled out Germany and Spain as examples. Germany’s GDP would be about 6 percent lower today without…
Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it – POLITICO
Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it – POLITICO Skip…
Friedrich Merz cuts a good figure abroad but is struggling at home
Friedrich Merz never enjoyed the honeymoon customary for a new head of government. When he stood for election…
HUGO DUNCAN: The genie has burst out of the bottle – and it’s all too clear who is to blame
By HUGO DUNCAN BUSINESS EDITOR Published: 20:21 EDT, 20 August 2025 | Updated: 20:27 EDT, 20 August 2025…
US drug pricing shake-up threatens access to medicines in Europe – POLITICO
For European drugmakers there are still many unknowns about how the MFN scheme — and overall tariffs on…
The €25,000 German Book Prize Issues Its 2025 Longlist
A jury statement says ‘the full spectrum of our precarious reality’ is reflected in the German Book Prize’s…
Stoxx 600, FTSE and UK inflation data
Borough Market in London, United Kingdom, on Aug. 27, 2024. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images…
Bundesbank faces enormous cost overruns on refurbishment of its iconic HQ – POLITICO
Meanwhile, the Dutch central bank did manage to stick to its €320 million refurbishment budget, in stark contrast…
Stoxx 600, FTSE, DAX, Trump talks, Fed
LONDON — European stocks are expected to open broadly higher on Tuesday as global markets reacted positively to…
European leaders to join Volodymyr Zelensky for crunch talks with Donald Trump in Washington
Russia’s troops are continuing their slow war of attrition in eastern and northern Ukraine, even as the conflict…