TAG: Research
Merry Christmas! Now, when is payday?
It’s the most expensive — sorry, wonderful! — time of the year, so we decided to do a thorough and i...
8 months ago
As Germany sneezes, Europe is catching a cold
Germany’s budget mess is threatening to make an already difficult situation worse for the rest of th...
8 months ago
EU warms up for fight over economic security
BRUSSELS — With an economic boxing match between China and the U.S. in full swing, the EU is getting...
8 months ago
Ursula’s empty green Davos promise
Almost a year ago to the day, Ursula von der Leyen traveled to the snowy environs of Davos to make a...
8 months ago
Intensive pig farming hogs scarce water in drought-hit Catalonia
BARCELONA — In the region of Osona, to the north of Barcelona, there are seven times as many pigs as people.Hectares of pig farms — long, barrack-like brick buildings with half-closed windows — stretch from the roadside into the distance. Metal cylinders...
6 months ago
Revealed — the next Brexit headache on the Irish border
LONDON — In 2019, Boris Johnson promised his Brexit deal would do away with checks on the Northern Irish border. Five years later, the region is about to be whacked with yet another trade headache.The latest tension comes from net zero rules, with the U.K...
6 months ago
Italy can do without Russian gas, says energy minister
ROME — Italy has emancipated itself from Russian natural gas and would have no problem with a proposed package of EU sanctions on liquified natural gas (LNG) that the European Commission is considering, Italian Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin sai...
5 months ago
EU finally ready to bring down Russia’s gas empire … sort of
For the first time since Moscow launched its full-scale attack on Ukraine more than two years ago, the EU is expected to aim its sanction bazooka at Russia’s lucrative gas sector.But the proposals on the table would only touch a fraction of the billions M...
5 months ago
France tops UK (again) in foreign investment race amid European slowdown
France remained Europe's most attractive destination for foreign direct investment in 2023, an EY survey released on Thursday said, as new projects slowed across Europe.For the fifth straight year, France beat the U.K. and third-place finisher Germany, bu...
5 months ago
‘Blood minerals’: EU accused of fueling conflict with Rwanda deal
Europe’s hunger for minerals for its electric cars and microchips is sparking accusations that it is inflaming conflict in eastern Congo, one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises that has killed 6 million people over recent decades.The outrage was pro...
2 months ago
Hungary demands EU action against Ukraine as Russian oil spat escalates
BRUSSELS — Hungary on Monday said it had asked the European Union to take action against Ukraine for imposing a partial ban on Russian oil exports, arguing the move was jeopardizing Budapest’s energy security.Kyiv last month adopted sanctions blocking the...
2 months ago
The sleepy corner of England battling China
CORNWALL, England — The Conservatives have dominated politics in sleepy south-west England for nearly a decade. Suddenly, they're in deep trouble. A surge in support for the Liberal Democrats, the U.K.’s traditional third party, coupled with the Tories’ o...
2 months ago
Draghi’s EU competitiveness plan set to be delayed until September
BRUSSELS — Mario Draghi’s long-awaited report on how to make the European Union’s economy more competitive is now likely to be delayed until September, according to people working with the former Italian prime minister. Draghi, a grandee of EU politics wh...
2 months ago
Keir Starmer’s worst nightmare? Becoming Margaret Thatcher
LONDON — When Keir Starmer wanted to woo Conservative voters, he knew just who to talk about.Penning a column in the Daily Telegraph, a favorite for Tory supporters, the center-left Labour leader heaped praise on Conservative titan Margaret Thatcher.The l...
2 months ago