France, Spain and Italy’s native holidaymakers are now back at work having spent August at their favourite resorts. British families have departed. As a result, there’s an end-of-term feel in Europe’s Mediterranean holiday hotspots, and for…
Category: 3. Europe
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MAGA’s health wrecking ball is heading for Europe
As US health policy becomes increasingly isolationist, Europe is losing input from American experts and researchers. However, the greatest danger is a virus called ideology.
The Trump administration has been a wrecking ball for health policy…
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Trump asks Supreme Court to rapidly take up tariff case
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to quickly overturn a federal court decision striking down his administration’s wide-ranging global tariffs.
Attorneys with the Justice Department urged the justices to decide the case on a highly accelerated timeline, arguing…
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Trump’s tariffs threaten to choke European chemicals recovery
FRANKFURT/HAMBURG –Europe’s chemical producers are facing fresh turmoil as U.S. import tariffs disrupt global trade, prompting customers to delay orders and hitting…
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François Bayrou may still have one last act – POLITICO
Bayrou is undaunted by his current poor showing in the polls. As he sees it, the pieces will only start to click in the winter of late 2026.
“The criterion,” he believes, “is that in their kitchen, around family meals, at the earliest at Christmas, in February or in March, there are…
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Voters believe in a sovereign Europe more than elites – POLITICO
However, polling from the European Council on Foreign Relations also suggests many Europeans doubt the bloc’s capacity to act sufficiently quickly. Citizens support higher military spending, conscription, independent deterrents and defending Ukraine — even without U.S. backing. But they…
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Italy leads Europe’s high yield market | White & Case LLP
Italy delivered more high yield bond issuance than any other country in the continental Europe through the first half of the year, as improved political stability drove investors to reassess historical risk perceptions
Italy’s high yield…
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Eurozone Inflation Rise Pushes Up Travel Costs For UK Tourists On Food, Fuel And Hotels
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September 4, 2025Inflation in the eurozone has edged above 2%, unsettling travellers from the UK who flock to Europe for holidays. For many, higher prices mean carefully saved budgets will no longer stretch as far as they once did….
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Trump’s digital regulation warning was aimed at this country (and not Europe)
A threat from President Donald Trump to impose “substantial” tariffs on countries that regulate U.S. tech companies is riling up Europe. But the continent’s digital regulations were not Trump’s primary target.
Trump’s Aug. 25 post threatening to penalize “all countries with…
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Google, Shein hit with huge French fines over cookie breaches – POLITICO
The Google fine, in particular, risks drawing the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has ramped up pressure on the EU after striking a lopsided trade deal in July. Trump threatened to impose severe tariffs on countries that implement “discriminatory” regulations or taxes that target U.S….
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