Growth

The conservative leader’s attacks signal the next government may be just as discordant as the one that recently fell.

The firefighters who put out the blaze a decade ago argue that fears of a eurozone implosion are overblown — but admit that that may not stop a slow and painful European economic demise.

With global free-traders on the back foot amid Donald Trump’s return, the U.K. is placing its bets on the tongue-twisting CPTPP.

Even the labor market is a problem now, central bank warns.

Frankfurt softens the hawkish bias that has colored its policy for the last three years, but it still sees policy as restrictive after a fourth cut this year.

Spencer Livermore took the industry’s temperature on dividing the Financial Conduct Authority.

Five weeks after the election, the president took his sharpest swing at Trump’s policy plans.

As Berlin and Paris flounder, expect a stronger lead from Frankfurt.

The U.K. finance minister dismissed the idea that Britain would have to pick sides in a possible trade war between the EU and U.S.

Five years after Brexit, Rachel Reeves will find Europe ready to talk ― as it looks for respite from some of its own troubles.

Yields on debt for the two countries are converging, thanks to instability in Paris and a Rome government that has managed to divide the opposition. 

The EU is paying more for fuel imports made from Moscow’s crude, showcasing the growing failure of its signature price-cap sanction.

Trump’s punitive tariffs would put Brussels under pressure to cut a defensive deal to fend off a glut of Chinese exports.

Ursula von der Leyen granted the wish of her native Germany by flying off to seal an accord with the Mercosur bloc. France, which fiercely opposes the deal, is in uproar.

POLITICO rates the prime minister’s six new “milestones” as he tries to drive change — and turn the polls around.

Economic growth “must be felt by everyone, everywhere,” the prime minister said on Thursday.

Cash allocated for poorer regions will be gone for good unless Hungary completes reforms asked by the Commission.

The U.K. prime minister wants voters to feel the benefits of an improving economy — not just hear about them.

Friedrich Merz wants to make Germany great again, but his country is confronting global risks beyond the control of any domestic leader.

Who’s at the top of the class and who flunked? Here are POLITICO’s grades for each 2019-2024 European commissioner.

Liam Byrne, Labour chair of the House of Commons trade committee, tells POLITICO summit that president-elect should strike a grand bargain.