6:02pm

EU struggles to unlink banks from states

Breaking link between lenders and sovereigns proves difficult

A high-speed Eurostar train leaves the Channel tunnel in Coquelles December 1, 2010 as Eurotunnel celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Channel Tunnel breakthrough. The Channel Tunnel took six years to construct and was opened in 1994. ©Reuters From COMPANIES 12:01am

Eurotunnel fees too high, rules Brussels

Channel link operator faces cutting charges 50%

7:41pm

MEPs call for clause to limit US snooping

Provision had been stripped out after lobbying by Washington

From MARKETS 4:16pm

Eurozone bonds turn havens amid QE nerves

Investors warn lull may prove temporary

Editorial from COMMENT Jun 18, 2013

A good day for Britain in Europe

Compromise on market rules can and will protect the City

Francois Hollande: In recent months the French president has praised entrepreneurs and now has to steer through reforms without provoking a rebellion within his party ©EPA Global Insight Jun 18, 2013

Hollande has to keep French left on side

President’s party is rankled by attitudes of Brussels and Berlin

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jun 18, 2013

EU trade chief heads to China amid thaw

Conciliatory language marks departure from tough talk

From MARKETS Jun 18, 2013

European lawmakers back transaction tax

Support for lowering cost of trading for pension funds

Nicos Anastasiades ©AFP From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jun 18, 2013

Cyprus leader calls for bailout overhaul

EU unlikely to take favourable view of Anastasiades’ letter

©Bloomberg From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Jun 17, 2013

EU finds €1bn Egypt aid had little effect

Spending watchdog says funds have done little to improve democracy and human rights

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jun 17, 2013

EU and US launch trade talks

‘Biggest bilateral trade deal in history’ overshadowed by French row

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jun 17, 2013

Obama sends coded warning on trade deal

Washington worries that Europe will try to omit industries

From COMMENT Jun 17, 2013

Poland: Time to go high-tech

The country must undertake profound reforms to foster an ecosystem of innovative businesses

From COMMENT Jun 17, 2013

Make privacy part of US-EU trade talks

Time to address the threat from the public-private partnership for surveillance, says Yochai Benkler

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jun 17, 2013

Asmussen calls for bank resolution fund

ECB policy maker views plan as way of preventing ‘zombification’ of sector

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jun 17, 2013

Trade deal set to benefit US more than EU

Developing countries and flows in Europe would be hit, says Ifo

Jun 16, 2013

French Socialists rally against austerity

Party warns of populist surge in 2014 European election

From COMPANIES Jun 16, 2013

Drugs groups face penalty over generics

Authorities interpret payments as anti-competitive

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jun 15, 2013

France lifts block on EU-US trade talks

Cultural industries excluded for time being from negotiations

From COMMENT Jun 14, 2013

The net rips apart

The internet is at risk of transforming from an open platform to controlled national networks