Europe’s far-right vows hard line on immigration, but cracks emerge elsewhere
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – European far-right parties met in Italy on Saturday vowing to curb immigration to the continent and to oppose a second five-year term for European Commission President…
Germany remains Europe’s top destination for foreign direct investment
BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of foreign companies settling in Germany is expected to fall by almost a fifth in 2023 but the country remains Europe’s most sought after destination for foreign…
Analysis-Job cuts, lean bonuses loom over Europe’s bankers in 2024
By Sinead Cruise, Iain Withers and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – A mix of global economic unease and geopolitical uncertainty means optimism is in short supply among bankers from the City of…
Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket to launch June 15-July 31, 2024
PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024, the European Space Agency said on Thursday. The keenly awaited window…
Central Europe’s defence companies spy African opportunity
By Michael Kahn and Anna Koper PRAGUE/WARSAW (Reuters) – Central European defence companies are negotiating new deals to sell more weapons, military equipment and related services in Africa as they seek to…
New routes, old coaches: Europe’s night trains struggle to pick up speed
By Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) – Sarah and Sonia pile out of a rain-smattered train at Berlin Central Station, surprised they feel so rested after sleeping on Europe’s newest night train service,…
ECB’s Lagarde: confident over 2% inflation target and Europe’s winter gas situation
PARIS (Reuters) -European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said in an interview published on Sunday that she was confident the ECB would meet its target of getting inflation back down to 2%,…
Analysis-Investors glimpse opportunity in Europe’s unloved mining shares
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – Investors are finally seeing potential in European mining shares, as China’s step-by-step economic stimulus is steadily laying the foundations for a recovery of the unloved sector.…
Volkswagen is ready for Europe’s 2035 fossil-fuel car ban – CEO
MUNICH (Reuters) -Volkswagen is ready for Europe’s planned 2035 ban on new sales of fossil-fuel cars as it ramps up its electric vehicle lineup, Chief Executive Oliver Blume said at Munich’s IAA…
Europe’s bumper Q2 puts global dividend payouts on track for record year
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Companies around the world are on track to pay investors a record $1.64 trillion in dividends this year following a more than 6% jump in the…
Analysis-End of Nigerian fuel subsidy set to squeeze Europe’s refiners
By Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) – One of Europe’s main markets for gasoline has shrunk, threatening to squeeze European refiners, after Nigeria removed fuel subsidies, which destroyed much of the country’s domestic…
Europe’s factories are slowing but no one has told cyclical stock investors
By Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) – Euro zone manufacturing activity is deteriorating fast, as evidenced by Monday’s Purchasing Managers surveys, and yet European cyclical stocks are on a tear versus their defensive…
‘Chinese storm’ looming over Europe’s EV sector, Renault chairman warns
By Mathieu Rosemain AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) – A “Chinese storm” is looming over Europe’s growing electric vehicle (EV) sector, Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard told Reuters on Saturday, as Asia’s superpower dominates key…
Biden Backs Mastermind Of Europe’s ‘Green New Deal’ To Be The Next NATO Secretary-General
Biden Backs Mastermind Of Europe’s ‘Green New Deal’ To Be The Next NATO Secretary-General Arjun Singh on July 5, 2023 President Joe Biden has backed the European Commission’s President, Ursula von der…
Europe’s financial stability risk remains ‘severe’ -EU watchdog
(Reuters) – Financial stability risk in the European Union remains at a “severe” level and the downturn in the housing market could become even more broad-based, the bloc’s financial risk watchdog said…
‘Fundamental Culture Change’: Here’s Why Europe’s Energy Giants Are Pivoting Back To Oil
‘Fundamental Culture Change’: Here’s Why Europe’s Energy Giants Are Pivoting Back To Oil John Hugh DeMastri on June 18, 2023 Two of Europe’s largest energy firms are pivoting from green energy back…
Europe’s brief window of market outperformance swings shut
By Samuel Indyk, Lucy Raitano and Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – European equities and the euro look set to lose out to U.S. markets in the months ahead, as a stellar run…
Analysis-Investors see trouble ahead after Europe’s stellar first quarter
By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – Big European companies have delivered significantly stronger than expected first-quarter results, defying a challenging economic backdrop that includes surging inflation and rising interest rates. But European…
Lottomatica slips after Europe’s biggest IPO of 2023 so far
By Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro LONDON (Reuters) -Shares in Italian gambling firm Lottomatica fell on their first day of trading on the Milan stock exchange on Wednesday, following Europe’s largest initial public offering…
Marketmind: Fresh spur from Meta and Europe’s banks
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The Big Tech earnings season is going some way to justifying the striking outperformance of its mega cap…
Central Europe’s policymakers double down on hawkish message
By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) – Central bankers across central Europe have doubled down on their hawkish policy messages in the past two weeks in a bid to persuade investors to ditch…
Europe’s banks in ‘better place’ than U.S. in terms of commercial property risk – JPMorgan
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s banks face less threat from some of the problems now showing in the commercial real estate markets than their U.S. counterparts, analysts at JPMorgan have…
Euro 7 emissions proposals, the sequel Europe’s carmakers don’t want to see
By Christina Amann and Marie Mannes BERLIN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – European carmakers are fighting back against proposed emission regulations they argue are too costly, rushed and unnecessary, but which the European Commission says…
Europe’s hikers look to carry on as Fed hesitates
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Markets reckon the Fed is pretty much done now with rate hikes, but see a different story in…
Analysis-Wage catch-up to prolong Europe’s inflation battle
By Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) – “We’ve been short-changed for too long,” is how many of Europe’s top labour unions are framing wage claims this year, promising industrial action if those demands…
U.S. diesel prices drop as Europe’s ban on Russian imports begins
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) – U.S. diesel prices have dropped this month and could go lower, analysts said, an unexpected swoon that coincided with the start of a British and European Union…
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