Category: 3. Europe

But the warning signs are clear: while Europe still accounts for 20​​ percent​​​​ of global pharmaceutical ​​research and development​​​​​​, its share of global investment is shrinking as capital and talent migrate​​ elsewhere​.​⁴​​ Europe’s…

However, it is not clear which element of the welfare budget might be singled out. Keir Starmer’s government was forced into a major climbdown last year after facing a revolt over plans to reduce the cost of disability benefits, and is currently attempting to draw up alternative…

Sun belt in focus

Marseille, France’s second-biggest city, perfectly illustrates both the National Rally’s advances and its dilemma.

National Rally candidate Franck Allisio (35 percent) almost tied with incumbent left-wing Mayor Benoît Payan (36.7 percent) in the first round….

The remarks cut against the EU’s broadly hard-line stance toward Moscow since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began and threaten to fuel a sensitive debate in the bloc about sanctions and Russian energy.

De Wever’s comments also come after a nationwide poll last week revealed he…

“We have decided to merge our lists because a majority of Parisians want change,” Bournazel said in an interview with French public television Monday. Bournazel also announced that he was withdrawing from Parisian politics, and would not be included on the alliance list or sit on the next…

“I hope that we will treat one another with the necessary respect within the alliance,” Merz added, in an apparent rebuke to Trump’s grousing.

Luxembourg’s Deputy Prime Minister Xavier Bettel went even further, stressing his country would not give in to “blackmail” from Washington….

Officials simply “haven’t moved on” with targeting data since the last energy crisis, Westerman said, adding: “That is a failure of governments plural to learn the lessons from last time.”  

Energy companies, pushing ministers over the issue, have grown…