European economies

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Europe needs to make a 'down payment' on reforms to sharply boost growth - IMF

By Jan Strupczewski WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The European Union needs to adopt only a small number of r...

17th October, 2025

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German finance minister, Bundesbank president back Merz's European stock market proposal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil and Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel...

17th October, 2025

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Euronext welcomes Merz's call for a European stock market

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euronext CEO Stéphane Boujnah on Thursday welcomed German Chancellor Friedrich...

16th October, 2025

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EU's Dombrovskis says suspension of French pension reform costly, but to be offset

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -France appears to be on track with its 2025 budget gap reduction, and while th...

16th October, 2025

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Private equity firm Ardian raises $20 billion for infrastructure in Europe

By Alessandro Parodi PARIS (Reuters) -Ardian has raised a record $20 billion for its next-generation...

16th October, 2025

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Germany, France sign deal for satellite-based early warning system

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Germany and France on Wednesday signed an implementation agreement for a satelli...

15th October, 2025

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Germany to spend 10 billion euros on drones in coming years, defence minister says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Germany will spend 10 billion euros($11.62 billion)in coming years for all kinds...

15th October, 2025

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European growth to hold up but at an increasing fiscal cost, IMF says

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone economic growth will hold up despite a drag from U.S. tariffs but thi...

14th October, 2025

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Analysis-How Ukraine's European allies fuel Russia's war economy

By Marwa Rashad, Kate Abnett and Nerijus Adomaitis (Reuters) -European nations, including France, ar...

10th October, 2025

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French chaos delays meeting on future of European fighter jet

BERLIN (Reuters) -A trilateral ministerial meeting on the future of France, Germany and Spain's 100-...

9th October, 2025

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Germany's Merz opposes EU's hard cut-off for combustion cars from 2035

BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Friedrich Merz will meet executives from top German automakers later on...

9th October, 2025

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Suedzucker reports 82% slump in second quarter earnings amid weak sugar market

HAMBURG (Reuters) -Europe's largest sugar producer Suedzucker reported on Thursday an 82% fall in qu...

9th October, 2025