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Rachel Reeves favors health as she unveils UK spending priorities

Rachel Reeves favors health as she unveils UK spending priorities

Britain’s center-left finance minister allocated more cash for police, the health service and communities outside London.

June 11, 2025 3:15 pm CET
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June 11, 2025 5:00 am CET
Leveling up 2.0: Rachel Reeves makes her pitch to Britain’s left-behind voters
EU announces punishing sanctions targeting Russian energy and banks
Missions impossible: Can Starmer’s Cabinet get behind his plan?
Mark Carney says Canada will meet NATO spending target this year
Britain prepares to go all-in on nuclear power — after years of dither
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How AI and copyright turned into a political nightmare for Labour

How an initially uncontroversial data bill became a political football — and radicalized Elton John.

June 4, 2025 7:00 am CET

Denmark to drop ‘frugal’ stance on EU budget to counter threat from Russia

The Danish leader argued that Europe needs more funds to bolster its defenses and counter the threat from Russia.

June 4, 2025 4:30 am CET

Keir Starmer eyes India trip to sign trade deal

The U.K. PM has touted the deal as part of his success on the international stage since it was agreed in early May.

June 3, 2025 2:42 pm CET

US imports plunge in early sign of Trump tariff impact

The numbers suggest that Trump’s policies are chipping away at the global trade deficit, which the president views as a key problem for the US economy.

May 31, 2025 11:22 am CET

Rachel Reeves has been prudent. Now she needs a purpose.

With a government-wide spending review looming, Britain’s top finance minister is being urged to give voters a compelling reason for her ‘tough decisions.’

May 30, 2025 4:01 am CET

Brussels ‘urgently’ asks EU companies about US exposure as trade war deadline nears

Testing the strength of its hand, Brussels wants the latest data on the scale of EU investments in America ahead of crunch talks with the Trump administration.

May 28, 2025 1:10 pm CET

Artificial intelligence threatens to raid the water reserves of Europe’s driest regions

The EU wants to compete with the U.S. and China on artificial intelligence. But critics say policymakers haven’t planned for the sector’s extreme water demand.

May 28, 2025 6:00 am CET

Germany’s power subsidy plans are probably illegal. That’s unlikely to matter.

The EU is increasingly bending its own rules, giving Germany space to negotiate despite fears that Berlin is disadvantaging others.

May 26, 2025 4:43 am CET

‘I’m not looking for a deal’: Trump revives global trade war

The president vowed to hit the European Union and phone manufacturers with new tariffs.

May 24, 2025 11:24 am CET

Europe must learn the art of ‘unpowering’ Russia

The EU is far from powerless — it is simply under-leveraged.

May 23, 2025 4:03 am CET

Labour’s AI gold rush gets stuck in the mud

Ministers are preparing a string of AI announcements for early June, but voters are skeptical about the technology. That leaves the ruling Labour Party with a huge problem.

May 22, 2025 4:44 pm CET

Macron talks tariffs and peace with Xi Jinping

French president seeks greater access to the Chinese market and urges Beijing not to impose tariffs on Cognac makers.

May 22, 2025 2:52 pm CET
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Arnault rejects Macron’s call to freeze investment in US

LVMH boss says the government should not “meddle” in his business decisions.

May 22, 2025 12:30 pm CET
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Invest in rest: Better sleep improves mental health

Sleep is integral to our health. To build a healthier Europe, alongside supporting the region’s economy, productivity and health systems, we must invest in rest as a serious policy principle.

May 22, 2025 12:26 pm CET

In Trump’s war on clean energy, China (and everyone else) wins

It’s a shift from the U.S. president’s first term, and is driving a fresh wedge within his Republican Party.

May 22, 2025 4:31 am CET

Ireland is Trump’s Trojan horse

If Brussels is serious about maintaining the integrity of its tech rules, it needs to focus on shifting regulation away from Dublin.

May 22, 2025 4:01 am CET

Brussels tries (again) to build its elusive single market

We’ve been here before. Will a Commission plan to tear down internal trade barriers work this time?

May 21, 2025 4:24 am CET
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Europe’s pharmaceutical industry is at a crossroads

As discussions on the General Pharmaceutical Legislation come to a head, Europe faces two choices: becoming a leader in innovative research, development and manufacturing, or losing its global standing.

May 20, 2025 5:00 am CET

EU to Africa: No more free cash

The European Commission wants to strengthen the link between foreign aid and domestic priorities like energy and migration.

May 20, 2025 4:23 am CET

EU-UK defense pact saves the hard part for later

A further deal allowing U.K. companies to benefit from an EU plan to boost defense spending is still to be agreed.

May 19, 2025 8:52 pm CET
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Starmer bets ‘sell-out’ on fish won’t spook Brits weary of Brexit

The giveaway on fisheries access, pounced on by critics, is a political risk for the British PM, who appears to be trading a hit to a relatively small part of the U.K. economy for wins elsewhere.

May 19, 2025 6:09 pm CET

Macron announces €20B of fresh foreign investment amid economic turmoil

The French president is gathering CEOs from all over the world in Versailles.

May 19, 2025 2:16 pm CET

Can defense become Europe’s economic growth machine?

If the continent plays its cards right, the necessity of defense could turn out to be the mother of invention.

May 19, 2025 4:26 am CET

Everything you need to know about the UK-EU Brexit reset summit

Three achievements are likely: a security pact, a declaration on global issues, and a “common understanding” of future topics to be negotiated.

May 19, 2025 4:00 am CET
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