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Merz’s coalition agrees on policy program aimed at boosting Germany’s economy

BERLIN — Germany’s new coalition committee met for the first time on Wednesday and agreed a work program to deal with budgetary and other key issues before the summer break. “By the

28/05/2025

by LP Staff Writers

Trump’s not happy about Wall Street’s name for tariff flip-flops

Wall Street has a new shorthand about President Donald Trump — and he’s not happy about it. Traders have reportedly come up with the acronym TACO, which stands for “Trump always chickens out,” to take advantage of the trade environment

28/05/2025

by LP Staff Writers

Meet Stéphanie Riso, the EU’s budget brain and ‘toughest cookie’

BRUSSELS — The ink is barely dry on the European Commission’s €1.8 trillion financial package but

Germany’s nightmare becomes reality as EU acquires taste for debt

BRUSSELS — Should the European Union borrow money as if it were a single country? It’s

Trump issues order imposing new global tariff rates effective Aug. 7

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday evening to impose tariffs of between 15 and 41 percent on goods shipped to the U.S. from more than 67 countries, ratcheting up tariff levels

01/08/2025

Agriculture and Food·Competition and Industrial Policy·Defense·Dumping/Duties·Energy and Climate·Energy and Climate UK·Financial Services·Financial Services UK·Health Care·Imports·Mobility·Negotiations·Security·Tariffs·Technology·Technology UK·Trade·Trade Agreements·Trade UK

How a failed Italian bank merger exposed the EU’s struggle to enforce its economic vision

Italy’s recent crackdown on a major banking merger has exposed a growing protectionist backlash over the EU’s efforts to unify Europe’s financial system. UniCredit’s failed bid last week for Banco BPM, derailed

31/07/2025

Banking·Banks·Capital markets·Central Banker·Competition and Industrial Policy·Competitiveness·Courts·EU treaties·Financial Services·Insurance·Markets·mergers·Policy·Protectionism·Research·Rights·Strategic autonomy

Germany’s budget woes set to return, finance minister warns

BERLIN — A looming €30 billion hole in the Germany’s federal budget for 2027 will pose a major challenge to the coalition government led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil

30/07/2025

Austerity·Budget·Central Banker·Debt·Defense·Elections·Finance·Financial Services·Growth·Infrastructure·Interest rates·Payments·Pensions·Policy·Politics

EU capitals ask Brussels for nearly €130B to spend on defense

BRUSSELS — Eighteen countries requested €127 billion in cheap loans from the European Commission by Tuesday’s deadline to boost their defense and potentially buy arms for Ukraine. In a major win for the

30/07/2025

Defense·Financial Services·Military·War·Weapons

European countries to borrow billions from EU to rearm Ukraine

BRUSSELS — Ukraine’s top allies in Europe are set to ask for tens of billions of euros in European Union loans to jointly buy weapons for the war-battered country, as well as to boost

29/07/2025

Debt·Defense·Defense budgets·EU-US military ties·Financial Services·Interest rates·Military·Procurement·War·War in Ukraine·Weapons

EU admits it can’t guarantee $600B promise to Trump

BRUSSELS — The European Union has admitted it doesn’t have the power to deliver on a promise to invest $600 billion in the United States economy, only hours after making the pledge at

28/07/2025

Central Banker·Companies·Financial Services·Investment·Trade·U.S. economy

Croatia’s euro advice to Bulgaria: Relax, it could be a lot worse

All those Bulgarian euro doomsayers need to take a chill pill. At least, that’s the advice from Croatia, the last country to adopt the single currency back in 2023. Bulgarians have taken

28/07/2025

Central Banker·Economic governance·European Monetary Union·Eurozone·Finance·Finance and banking·Financial Services·Inflation·Investment·Markets·Monetary Policy·Politics

A good innings? The biggest winners in the UK-India trade deal

LONDON — Much like cricket, trade talks with India have been a long game, with plenty of sticky wickets along the way. As India’s cricket team goes head-to-head with England at Old

ECB holds rates, waits for more clarity on U.S. tariffs

FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank held its key deposit rate stable, as it waits for more clarity on the impact that U.S. tariffs will have on the eurozone economy. The pause

24/07/2025

Banks·Bonds·Central Banker·Central banks·Competition and Industrial Policy·Economic performance·European Monetary Union·Eurozone·Finance·Financial Services·Inflation·Monetary Policy·Trade

EU eyes 15 percent US tariff — and retaliation if deal talks fall apart

BRUSSELS — The European Union is eyeing a Japan-style deal with the Donald Trump administration that sets a 15 percent U.S. baseline tariff — but is ready to retaliate if no agreement can be

23/07/2025

Agriculture and Food·Aluminum·Anti-coercion instrument·Cars·Competition and Industrial Policy·Energy and Climate·EU-US trade talks·Financial Services·Investment·Mobility·Negotiations·Services·Steel·Tariffs·Technology·Trade·Trade UK·Trade war

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Financial Services - Page 13

Merz’s coalition agrees on policy program aimed at boosting Germany’s economy

Trump’s not happy about Wall Street’s name for tariff flip-flops

Meet Stéphanie Riso, the EU’s budget brain and ‘toughest cookie’

Germany’s nightmare becomes reality as EU acquires taste for debt

Trump issues order imposing new global tariff rates effective Aug. 7

How a failed Italian bank merger exposed the EU’s struggle to enforce its economic vision

Germany’s budget woes set to return, finance minister warns

EU capitals ask Brussels for nearly €130B to spend on defense

European countries to borrow billions from EU to rearm Ukraine

EU admits it can’t guarantee $600B promise to Trump

Croatia’s euro advice to Bulgaria: Relax, it could be a lot worse

A good innings? The biggest winners in the UK-India trade deal

ECB holds rates, waits for more clarity on U.S. tariffs

EU eyes 15 percent US tariff — and retaliation if deal talks fall apart

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