TAG: Equality

Christine Lagarde makes a poor central banker, ECB staff say 

FRANKFURT — On the global stage, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde still exudes the...

8 months ago

Labour’s top policy priorities

LONDON — Keir Starmer has arrived in Downing Street with his new Cabinet. So what are their first priorities?Big-ticket items include decarbonizing the electricity grid by 2030, building 1.5 million homes over five years, hitting long-missed health servic...

2 months ago

Europe’s Draghi report unleashed: These are the 5 things to watch

BRUSSELS ― Mario Draghi was the man hailed as saving the eurozone during the sovereign debt crisis when president of the European Central Bank. This time his challenge may be greater still: Stop Europe falling behind the rest of the world.European Commiss...

1 month ago

European Parliament to decide between starting commissioner hearings in October or November

BRUSSELS — Senior MEPs will decide next week whether to start grilling the 26 nominees to become European commissioners on Oct. 14 or Nov. 4, according to two documents seen by POLITICO that circulated internally in the Parliament on Friday.The dates of t...

2 weeks ago