ROME (Reuters) – Italian Economy Minister Giovanni Tria said on Wednesday that European Union “bail-in” rules covering failing banks should be scrapped. Tria told parliament he agreed with comments by Antonio Patuelli, the head of Italy’s banking lobby, who ea... More »
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Latvia violated European Union law by barring from office its central bank governor, who is also a European Central Bank policymaker, the European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday in a widely expected decision. Ilmars Rimsevics was susp... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone headline consumer inflation slowed slightly in January because of a sharp deceleration of energy price growth, but core inflation watched closely by the European Central Bank in policy decisions edged slightly higher, data showed... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – European Union countries have reached an agreement on how to regulate Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, declining to give details on the compromise. “Regarding the gas directive, we have reached an agr... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The most prominent Brexit campaigner in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative party said on Monday that she would get widespread support if she got the European Union to ditch the Irish backstop. UK lawmaker Brady hopeful government will... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Tensions in Germany’s loveless ruling coalition flared on Sunday after Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer, a conservative from the car-making state of Bavaria, called for a reassessment of limits on vehicle emissions. Scheuer told the Bild a... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May warned on Monday that Britain’s planned exit from the EU could be derailed, a last-ditch effort to win over Brexit-supporting lawmakers who have repeatedly said they will vote down her divorce deal. The fate of the... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker have written a letter to British Prime Minister Theresa May setting out assurances about the so-called Northern Ireland backstop. Below is a copy to... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union told Theresa May on Monday that it stood by commitments to find ways to avoid triggering the controversial “Irish backstop” in their Brexit deal and that this pledge had legal weight. In a joint reply to questions from t... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries are expected to next week approve a scheme to limit imports of steel into the bloc following U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum entering the United States. The vote on Jan. 16... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Unemployment in the euro zone unexpectedly fell in November to its lowest rate in more than ten years, official estimates released on Wednesday showed. The EU statistics office Eurostat said unemployment in the 19-country currency bloc dro... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government cautioned lawmakers on Wednesday that it was a delusion to think that the government would be able to negotiate a new divorce deal with the European Union if parliament voted down her deal next... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Pro-European Union campaigners in Britain have set out for the first time their preferred path for how parliament could force the government to call a fresh vote on Brexit, arguing that there is still time for another referendum. The future ... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders took a step toward deeper euro zone integration on Friday to help prevent future crises, but deep disagreement left key issues like a euro zone budget and a deposit guarantee scheme unresolved. Leaders of all EU coun... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders arrive in Brussels for a second day of day of talks on Brexit, the euro zone, migration and Russia, among others. Below are some of their comments made on arrival. AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR SEBASTIAN KURZ “I think it was g... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders arrive in Brussels for two days of talks on Brexit, the euro zone, migration and Russia, among others. Below are some of their comments made on arrival. FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON “We can have a political discu... More »
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union’s top court ruled on Monday that the British government may reverse its decision to leave the bloc without consulting other member states in a decision welcomed by those campaigning to stop Brexit. In an emergency judg... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said she had spoken about future trade with U.S. President Donald Trump at last week’s G20 Summit in Argentina, she told parliament on Monday. “I did speak to President Trump in the margins of the meeting, ... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU finance ministers will agree on Monday to give the euro zone bailout fund new responsibilities, but they will delay decisions on the euro zone budget and a deposit guarantee scheme after failing to reach agreement, a draft document show... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union finance ministers will seek final agreement on Monday on deeper euro zone integration which, after a year of negotiations, is likely to turn out much less ambitious than initially planned. Championed by French President Emma... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone banks which issued large amounts of loss-absorbing debt under English law could have more time to meet requirements after Britain leaves the European Union, the bloc’s agency responsible to winding down failing lenders said on Th... More »
ROME (Reuters) – Italy should have a “plan B” to quit the euro zone with a referendum if economic conditions dictate, the founder of the co-ruling 5-Star Movement said, sending ripples through financial markets. The anti-establishment movement’s founder Beppe ... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group (BX.N) has secured EU antitrust approval to acquire a majority stake in Thomson Reuters’ (TRI.TO) Financial and Risk unit, the European Commission said on Monday. The EU enforcer said it did not se... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will not arrive in the United States for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump with a specific trade offer, the Commission said on Monday. Juncker will travel to Washington on Wednesday fo... More »
SOFIA (Reuters) – China backs EU integration and wants to use a weekend summit with central and eastern Europe to boost cooperation with the region, not undermine the 28 member bloc, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday. Li is visiting Bulgaria, where sta... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has warned the United States that imposing import tariffs on cars and car parts would harm its own automotive industry and likely lead to counter-measures by its trading partners on $294 billion of U.S. exports. In a 10-... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Bavaria does not want to risk the stability of the German government, state premier Markus Soeder said, adding he hoped for a compromise with Chancellor Angela Merkel in a migrant policy row among her conservatives that threatens her coaliti... More »
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria aims to join the EU’s banking union on the same day it enters the “waiting room” for euro zone membership, where it must spend at least two years before joining the single currency, its prime minister said on Friday. Boyko Borissov s... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The following is the text agreed on by EU leaders on euro zone economic integration:In line with the Leaders’ Agenda and the outcome of its December 2017 meeting, welcoming national contributions, including the one presented by France and ... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU leaders except Britain are to discuss on Friday Britain’s exit from the European Union and deeper integration of the euro zone after a deal on migration reached in the small hours. [nL8N1TU1MP] Below are the leaders’ comments before the... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that further euro zone reform was needed to nip possible future crises in the bud, after aid programs to some member states had been successful. Addressing parliament before heading to an EU l... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Leading German industry groups called on the coalition parties to resolve a row over migrant policy, saying the wrangling threatened to undermine the stability of Europe’s biggest economy. The three parties were due to meet for crisis talks ... More »
ROME (Reuters) – More than 100 rescued migrants from private cargo ship Alexander Maersk, picked up off the coast of southern Italy on Friday, arrived in the southern port of Pozzallo in Sicily on Tuesday. The new Italian government has closed its ports to shi... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission welcomed on Wednesday a joint position of the euro zone’s two biggest countries — Germany and France — on the key elements of deeper euro zone integration calling it a crucial step for reaching an overall agreement.... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave her most detailed response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to reform the euro zone in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper published on Sunday. The followi... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – There is no threat of a new sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone despite an anti-establishment coalition government taking power in Italy, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in remarks published on Saturday. Asked by th... More »
BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – Lawmakers in the European Parliament approved on Monday a far-reaching proposal calling for greater scrutiny of foreign investments, part of a bid to respond to a flurry of Chinese acquisitions in the European Union. Parliament’s in... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s top trade official Cecilia Malmstrom will meet U.S. counterparts Wilbur Ross and Robert Lighthizer in Paris on Wednesday, two days before a temporary reprieve from U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs is due to expire. “A bilateral mee... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France and Germany are pushing for an EU-wide initiative to fund innovation and research in tech start-up projects across the bloc so that Europe can compete more effectively against the likes of China and the United States. Europe has lon... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Italy’s emerging ruling coalition is likely to put deeper euro zone integration on hold and could set the stage for the bloc’s next crisis if it delivers on its tax-cutting and high-spending policies, European policymakers and economists f... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that Germany and France agreed on most fundamental issues related to Europe but the two countries sometimes had different emphases on how to proceed with the euro zone. French President Emmanuel Macron... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union has indicated that it is willing to provide some form of access for Britain’s vast financial services industry after Brexit, the City minister John Glen said on Monday. Glen said the transition deal agreed by Britain and t... More »
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that Europeans needed to urgently agree on a roadmap to reform the euro zone currency and economic union. Macron also said France was ready to increase its contribution to the Euro... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone leaders gave fresh impetus on Friday to reforms to make the bloc more resilient to economic crises, with renewed pledges to complete a banking union and develop a bailout fund after months of delay in the absence of a German gove... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – Germany’s new finance minister said on Friday after talks with his French counterpart that he wanted to be a force for further integration in the euro zone in conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government. Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, wh... More »
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – EU judges failed to see the funny side of branding a chain of pizzerias as “The Mafia”, rejecting an appeal on Thursday by a Spanish company to keep European trademark protection for its marketing slogan. The European Union’s General Cou... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday denied striking an agreement with France to delay the planned proposal of euro zone reforms at a summit of European leaders this month “I have never said anything about delays,” Merkel told a joint n... More »
France’s President Emmanuel Macron (R) speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as they gather for a family photo during a High Level Conference on the Sahel at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/John Thys/Pool BERLIN (... More »
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May talks to Andrew Marr for the Marr Show on BBC television in London, Britain March 2, 2018. Picture taken March 2, 2018. Jeff Overs/BBC/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May told U.S. Pres... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump struck a defiant tone on Friday, saying trade wars were good and easy to win, after his plan to put tariffs on steel and aluminum imports triggered threats of retaliation from trading partners and a slide in s... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a meeting where he announced that the United States will impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on imported aluminum at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTO... More »
FILE PHOTO – Cables and computers are seen inside a data centre at an office in the heart of the financial district in London, Britain May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is preparing legislation to force companies to t... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) want to develop the euro zone’s bailout fund into a full-blown European Monetary Fund, a blueprint of their coalition agreement seen by Reuters showed on Wednesday. The ... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) want to develop the euro zone’s bailout fund into a full-blown European Monetary Fund, a blueprint of their coalition agreement seen by Reuters showed on Wednesday. The ... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and their would-be coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), have concluded their talks on Europe with an agreement to invest more in the euro zone and end austerity, SPD chief Martin Schulz sai... More »
A court artist drawing shows Salah Abdeslam, one of the suspects in the 2015 Islamic State attacks in Paris, in court during his trial in Brussels, Belgium, February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Capelle NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The prime surviving... More »
A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of the logo of the European Union in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 15, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Facebook said on Monday it was publishing its privacy pri... More »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a statement at the CDU headquarters in Berlin, Germany, January 21, 2017, after Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) voted to begin formal coalition talks with Chancellor Merkel’s conservatives. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt BERL... More »
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker speaks during a news conference at a ceremony starting Bulgaria’s six-month presidency of the European Union in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria, which wants to... More »
British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union agreed on Friday to move Brexit talks onto trade and a transition pact but some leaders cautioned t... More »
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s conservatives and far-right Freedom Party (FPO) could complete coalition talks as soon as Friday evening and be sworn in on Monday, officials from both parties said. A deal between the center-right People’s Party (OVP) led by 31-ye... More »
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki talks to media before the Visegrad Group meeting in Brussels, Belgium, December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s parliament has passed a bill that gives the government, rather than a panel of t... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union aims to conclude a deal allowing businesses to seamlessly transfer personal data between the bloc and Japan by early next year, building on the recent agreement on a free trade pact. Cross-border data flows are key to mo... More »
FILE PHOTO – The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France on February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Luxembourg is challenging a European Union order to recover about 250 mill... More »
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May is welcomed by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at the EC headquarters in Brussels, Belgium December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union struck a deal on ... More »
An Anti-Brexit protestor waves EU and Union flags outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Simon Dawson BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Friday that enough progress had been made in Brexit negotiations t... More »
European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier holds a press conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain will honor all its financial obligations to the European Union as part of its divorce bill, but the payments will not be required any earlier than if Britain had remained an EU member, the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier said.... More »
European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission proposed on Wednesday ideas for deeper euro zone integration in an effort to help unite... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a package of legislative and non-binding measures to reform the euro zone and make it more resilient to future crises. Below are the main proposals: EUROPEAN MONETARY FUND The euro zone bailout... More »
On the eve of his trip to Europe, Rex Tillerson gave a speech last week that European allies had waited months to hear: an "ironclad" promise of U.S. support to its oldest allies. More »
French farmer Marc Leprince pulls up a dead weed in an alfalfa field non-treated with weedkillers during an interview with Reuters in Greneville-en-Beauce, France, November 30, 2017. Picture taken November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann NIOVILLE, France ... More »
European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union finance ministers will decide on Tuesday on the composition of an EU blacklist of tax havens tha... More »
FILE PHOTO – Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem arrives at Eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Finance ministers from Latvia, Luxembourg,... More »
FILE PHOTO: The Uber logo is seen on mobile telephone in London, Britain, September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union privacy regulators will discuss ride-hailing app Uber’s [UBER.UL] massive data breach cover-up nex... More »
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU lawmakers overwhelmingly backed plans on Thursday to... More »
European Council President Donald Tusk looks on during a news conference at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A summit of euro zone leaders will go ahead as planned in the middl... More »
European Council President Donald Tusk looks on during a news conference at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A summit of euro zone leaders will go ahead as planned in the middl... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Commercial TV broadcasters, football leagues and film producers scored a win on Tuesday when European Union lawmakers watered down a copyright reform aimed at making more TV shows and films available online across borders. EU lawmakers vot... More »
Free Democratic Party (FDP) leader Christian Lindner arrives for the board meeting at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The collapse of talks on a new German government means that the e... More »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during the exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government in Berlin, Germany, November 19, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday... More »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and CSU (Christian Social Union) leader Horst Seehofer speak to media after the exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government collapsed in Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2017. ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A sign on the Qualcomm campus is seen, as chip maker Broadcom Ltd announced an unsolicited bid to buy peer Qualcomm Inc for $103 billion, in San Diego, California, U.S. November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. smart... More »
The European Union on Monday urged Saad al-Hariri to return to Lebanon, calling on all political forces inside the country to focus on the domestic agenda and warning Saudi Arabia against meddling. More »
The European Union stepped up pressure on Britain on Friday to clarify over the next two weeks what financial obligations to the EU it will honor on leaving the bloc in 2019, or risk delaying talks on future trade ties vital for firms in Britain. More »
European Union lawmakers called on Friday for stricter EU supervision of Malta's application of the bloc's rules on money laundering and basic rights, stepping up pressure after the assassination of an investigative journalist on the island. More »
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a newspaper interview that Spain would not be divided, a week after Catalonia held a referendum that authorities there say showed voters overwhelmingly support independence. More »
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she wanted to agree a clear line on euro zone reforms in talks on a new coalition government in Germany. More »
Euro zone inflation undershot expectations in September, Eurostat data showed on Friday, highlighting that price growth remained week and supporting the European Central Bank's case for only gradual removal of stimulus. More »
French President Emmanuel Macron won backing from Angela Merkel for plans to reform the European Union after Brexit, founded on what the German chancellor called "intense" cooperation between Paris and Berlin. More »
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday European Union leaders agreed during a summit dinner that they should push ahead more quickly with reforms of the bloc. More »
A senior member of Germany's pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), a potential coalition partner for Chancellor Angela Merkel, generally welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron's European Union speech but criticized his proposal to create a joint euro zone budg... More »
A senior German conservative said on Monday that Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble would make an "ideal" president of parliament, raising the possibility of a change of roles for a man long associated with unflinching austerity in the euro zone. More »
The European Commission wants more social protection and rights for casual workers, such as those in the "gig economy", and others with non-standard contracts to try to tackle growing social inequality. More »
Roche immunotherapy Tecentriq has won European Union approval for treating advanced lung and bladder cancer, the Swiss drugmaker said. More »
Prime Minister Theresa May has appointed Britain's top official at its Brexit ministry as her EU adviser to "strengthen cross government coordination of the next phase of talks with the European Union", a government spokesman said on Monday. More »
Alphabet unit Google has offered to display rival shopping comparison sites via an auction in order to comply with an EU antitrust order to stop favoring its own shopping service, four people familiar with the matter said on Monday. More »
After years of bailing out Greece, the idea of letting more poorer states into the euro zone has sparked controversy, particularly in Germany, where Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking re-election in two weeks time. More »
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Wednesday that European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's plan to build a closer European Union based on an expanded euro zone was largely in line with Germany's vision for the bloc. More »
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker urged European Union governments on Wednesday to use economic recovery and Brexit as springboards toward a closer union, built on an expanded euro zone and a pivotal role in world trade. More »
