The eurozone’s private sector grew in January, but services inflation is showing a sustained rise, raising fresh concerns for the ECB.
Category: 3. Europe
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Could inflation in Europe make an unexpected comeback in 2026?
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French government survives no-confidence votes over budget – POLITICO
That maneuver, Article 49.3 of the constitution, allows the government to ram through legislation without a vote but in turn gives opposition lawmakers the opportunity to respond by putting forward a no-confidence vote.
Lecornu triggered that measure on Tuesday to pass the part of the…
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UK national security threatened by biodiversity loss, intelligence chiefs warn
The UK has been warned that the collapse of global ecosystems is a direct threat to national security and prosperity.
A new report from the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) – which is understood to have involved MI5 and MI6 – found that the world is already…
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Davos 2026: Who said what at world’s top political and business summit
This year’s World Economic Forum in Davos has been largely dominated by US President Donald Trump, who presented his Board of Peace initiative on Thursday after a Greenland-heavy special address the day before.
The talk of the Swiss Alps resort town revolved around escalating tensions over US…
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Taormina mayor says urgent action needed after €1bn storm damage in Sicily
While global attention is on the World Economic Forum in Davos, where leaders are navigating Donald Trump’s tariff threats against Greenland, another European island is grappling with a devastating economic shock.
Sicily, the Mediterranean’s largest island, is assessing the fallout from…
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From the F-35 to the new super warplane: Italy ready to invest €9 billion in the Gcap
It is an expensive gamble, but also an attempt at technological emancipation from the major programmes of the past, in which Italy has often played a subordinate role.
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Podcast: Iran under fire, protests, repression and the EU’s response
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The world’s eyes are on Iran this week, where anger over the dire economic situation and decades of repression is boiling over. The Iranian government…
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Which European countries will heatwaves hit hardest by 2100?
The year 2025 was the third‑warmest on record for Europe, with March being the warmest month on record for the continent, new Copernicus data reveals.
The average temperature reached 10.41°C, which was 1.17°C above the 1991–2020 reference period.
The eastern North Atlantic, the North…
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Renewables cover 11% of the energy used for transport
In 2024, the share of renewable energy sources in transport reached 11.2% at the EU level, a 0.2 percentage points (pp) increase from 2023. When the time series began in 2004, this share stood at 1.4%.
The 2024 share was 17.8 pp lower than the 29% target for 2030 on the use of energy…
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