As ECB’s Pontes DLT settlement nears launch, Cipollone calls for harmonized securities law – Ledger Insights
ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone yesterday confirmed the Eurosystem plans to go live in September with Pontes,…
Pro-EU ruling party leads Armenia parliamentary election, exit polls show – POLITICO
“The future of Armenia will be a strategy of strengthening independence, statehood, democracy, and the rule of law,”…
A new political economy for the age of Trump and China
For decades, Europe prospered under American security guarantees, open trade and cheap external imports. That world is disappearing.…
Keir Starmer’s EU summit turns into another headache – POLITICO
Yet they’ve given few details other than that they’re prepared to align with EU rules in some —…
EU Commission plans new squeeze on Chinese trade – POLITICO
The push would also accelerate work on a so-called overcapacity instrument to deal with state-subsidized firms producing vast…
UK must drop ‘red lines’ for real EU reset, Brussels warns – POLITICO
Moving target The latest round of negotiations, which come almost a decade after the U.K. voted to leave…
Keir Starmer leaves door open to ditching his Brexit red lines – POLITICO
“The last government was defined by breaking our relationship with Europe. This Labour government will be defined by…
Open your markets if you want EU cash, industry chief tells US and other trade partners – POLITICO
Séjourné has long championed a “European Preference” as part of his flagship Industrial Accelerator Act (which aims to…
EU eyes tougher penalties for single market rule-breakers – POLITICO
Eliminating the ‘Terrible Ten’ The EU’s goal is to eliminate by March 2027 the main barriers to the…
China threatens to retaliate over EU self-reliance push – POLITICO
Cybersecurity tensions Adding to the trade tensions is the EU’s draft Cybersecurity Act, which is intended to strengthen…
EU effort to push back on China fractures – POLITICO
A POLITICO European Pulse survey of six major EU countries found that 29 percent of those surveyed saw…
EU poised to slash up to €1.5B in funding to Serbia over democracy fears – POLITICO
Tensions flared further in December when President Vučić snubbed an EU-Western Balkans summit. Vučić, who has maintained close…