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  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2020
    Brussels Briefing
    The costs of Europe’s economic hibernation

    Economists begin to put numbers on the impact of unprecedented global containment policies

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  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2020
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    EU countries step up ‘solidarity’ in fightback against critics

    Brussels keen to show collaboration among members to counter narrative that China helped more

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  • Monday, 30 March, 2020
    Brexit
    Brussels parliamentary group calls on UK to seek Brexit extension

    European People’s party says extension is ‘the responsible thing to do’ given Covid-19 pandemic

  • Monday, 30 March, 2020
    Denmark
    Denmark sets out path to lifting coronavirus restrictions

    Prime minister plans easing of emergency measures after Easter

  • Monday, 30 March, 2020
    EU economy
    European economic sentiment tumbles in early March

    Worst fall on record for business confidence even before virus lockdowns enforced

  • Monday, 30 March, 2020
    Gideon Rachman
    Even Covid-19 cannot damp partisanship

    As the human and economic damage mounts, old political divides are likely to re-emerge

  • Monday, 30 March, 2020
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    EU sharpens its weapons to see off the looters and pillagers Premium

    Governments look to protect their companies from foreign competitors

  • Monday, 30 March, 2020
    Brussels Briefing
    Brussels seeks to unlock a corona-fighting budget

    Officials look to repurpose stalled plans for next seven years of EU funding

  • Sunday, 29 March, 2020
    Wolfgang Münchau
    Go-it-alone ‘coronabonds’ are worth the risk

    Nine countries can make a stand for sharing the fiscal burden of the pandemic

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    Migration: tales of brutality along Europe’s borders

    Sophisticated technology protects the frontiers but violence is also being used to deter asylum-seekers

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    Coronavirus
    UK ministers under fire over ventilator delays

    Suppliers say offers were ignored while EU says Britain knew of joint procurement plan

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    Brussels Briefing
    EU leaders enter a virtual, parallel reality 

    E-summit does little to bridge divisions between the eurozone’s north and south 

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
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    EU leaders at odds over coronavirus debt burden

    Northern states led by Germany worry about ‘monetary financing’ as ECB throws off shackles

  • Thursday, 26 March, 2020
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    EU leaders clash over coronavirus response

    Leaders fail to settle on proposals for upcoming Eurogroup talks

  • Thursday, 26 March, 2020
    Philip Stephens
    How coronavirus is remaking democratic politics

    The superficial conclusion is that it will be a gift to populists and authoritarians 

  • Thursday, 26 March, 2020
    AnalysisGlobal Insight
    Coronavirus crisis is make or break moment for EU

    There are signs that European institutions are learning from early mistakes

  • Thursday, 26 March, 2020
    Brussels Briefing
    Straining the ties that bind the eurozone

    Dutch morality tales wear thin in the eurozone’s south 

  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Eurozone leaders should use their existing tools

    “Coronabonds” are a good idea but the bloc can tap its existing rescue fund

  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2020
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    Coronavirus crisis brings fragmented Brussels together 

    Belgium has shown that a fragmented country can still produce a clear response to a pandemic

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    SoftBank’s emergency asset sales, voice network under strain, 2020 MacBook Air

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    Compromise deal to be sealed as Brussels seeks to strengthen ties with western Balkans

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    Russia sends Italy coronavirus aid to underline old ties

    Moscow seeks to exploit EU tensions over medical export bans and delays in financial support

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    Nationalism is a side effect of coronavirus

    The pushback against globalisation will come from protectionists, national-security hawks and greens

  • Monday, 23 March, 2020
    Brussels Briefing
    EU quietly edges towards enlargement talks

    North Macedonia and Albania are tantalisingly close to a green light to start talks to join the bloc

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    Technology
    Coronavirus prompts delays and overhaul of EU digital strategy

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