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    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Poland’s PM confident US Republicans will not backtrack on Ukraine

      Mateusz Morawiecki says Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s comments are part of political ‘poker game’

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Equities
      Deutsche Bank weighs on bank shares

      German lender falls 8% as concerns linger over impact of interest rate rises while US stocks close day higher

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Nuclear energy
      EU leaders remain deadlocked on classification of nuclear energy

      France and Germany clash over whether atomic power should be treated as equal to renewables

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      European banks
      Olaf Scholz dismisses fears over Deutsche Bank

      Germany’s chancellor rejects Credit Suisse comparison as EU leaders seek to reassure markets after share slide

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why China was the ghost at the EU’s summit banquet Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: why Hungary despairs of Scholz and misses Merkel

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU leaders meet for surprise package summit Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: plans to make EU regional spending more flexible to promote green tech

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      European banks
      EU vows to respect bondholders’ rights after Credit Suisse turmoil

      Single Resolution Board chair adamant Brussels will not take investors in bank debt ‘by surprise’

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      EU financial regulation
      EU to speed up work on rules for failing banks in response to US crisis

      Senior policymakers say Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse has bolstered case to boost Brussels’ banking union

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Germany
      Germany’s ‘unreliable’ coalition hamstrings EU decisions

      Berlin’s U-turn on combustion engines and foot-dragging on aid to Ukraine cause exasperation in other capitals

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      EU business regulation
      EU liberals battle big state role in plans for green economy

      Debate comes as Brussels unveils key proposals this week in subsidy race with US and China

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      Von der Leyen and Biden to talk green incentives and China’s threat Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Bulgaria’s belching coal plant rapped in pollution crackdown

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      European Commission
      EU opens subsidy race with US to fight exodus of green projects

      Brussels will allow members to ‘match’ multi-billion dollar incentives to move across Atlantic

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      Greece was warned about its railway standards 15 days before fatal crash Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: the EU’s energy-crisis support funds didn’t go where they were most needed

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
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      West presses UAE to clamp down on suspected Russia sanctions busting

      Ukraine’s allies visit Gulf state to raise concerns after jump in exports of critical goods

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      News in-depthBrexit
      Inside the secret talks that broke Brexit deadlock on N Ireland

      EU recognised Sunak’s willingness to plunge into detail of potential solutions after confrontation of Johnson years

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Brexit
      EU and UK strike Brexit deal on Northern Ireland

      Rishi Sunak hails ‘new chapter’ in relationship with Brussels after meeting European Commission president

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
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      UK and EU seek to draw a line under the rancour of Brexit

      Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen use deal on Northern Ireland to herald renewed friendship between two sides

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      Brexit
      Britain and EU aim to seal Brexit deal on Northern Ireland

      Sunak and von der Leyen to meet to finalise agreement on overhauling trading regime

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      Brexit
      EU chief to travel to the UK to finalise Brexit deal

      European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to meet Rishi Sunak to discuss Northern Ireland’s trading regime

    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      Brexit
      Sunak to defy Tory right and push ahead with N Ireland protocol deal

      Much depends on whether Democratic Unionist party responds positively to prime minister’s proposal

    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Western allies warn of ‘severe costs’ for countries helping Russia evade sanctions

      US blacklists dozens of companies from countries including China, while EU and Japan prepare fresh curbs as war enters second year

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      West probes potential sanction dodging as exports to Russia’s neighbours surge

      EU trade with economies including Central Asia and the Caucasus has leapt as their sales to Moscow increased

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      Switzerland
      Switzerland rules out confiscating Russian assets over Ukraine war

      Bern says confiscation would breach national and international law

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      EU to hit Russia with trade bans and tech export controls worth €11bn

      Bloc plans to clamp down on supplies of Iranian drones

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Europe Express
      The argument for splitting Sweden and Finland’s Nato membership bids Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: the messy fight over how to put the EU’s fiscal rules back in place

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