ECB to hold rates again, awaiting clearer signs on inflation on 04/03/24
The European Central Bank is expected to freeze interest rates again this week, with officials wary of starting to cut before they see more evidence that recent falls in inflation will be sustained. ‘Nothing is sacred’: How the CSDDD saga lifted the veil on Brussels politics on 01/03/24
Some key CSDDD negotiators seem to have switched on their Realpolitik mode and are now more determined than ever to get the law over the finishing line at all costs Eurozone inflation drops to lowest in 2 years, spurring talk of ECB rate cut on 01/03/24
The eurozone’s core inflation rate dropped to its lowest level in nearly two years in February, bolstering hopes that Europe’s inflation crisis may have permanently abated and that the European Central Bank (ECB) will cut interest rates later this year. Germany’s slow implementation of EU law highlights risks to European competitiveness on 01/03/24
The EU’s largest economy takes longer than many of its peers to follow orders from Brussels, the Commission’s Single Market report showed, pointing to the wider threat that the bloc’s lethargic policy implementation poses to its competitiveness. NextGen 2.N0? Conservatives throw spanner into new EU joint borrowing debate on 01/03/24
Centre-right and national-conservative groups in the European Parliament have voiced strong opposition to a renewed joint-debt programme at the EU level, after calls for a Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) ‘2.0’ mushroomed over the last few weeks to close a gap for public investments. EU Recovery fund: Commission insists on 2026 deadline as Poland causes headaches on 01/03/24
Despite several challenges member states such as Poland face in implementing projects on time under the EU Recovery Fund, the European Commission insists on the agreed 2026 deadline, stressing the fund’s “temporary” nature. Is Russia outperforming the EU or simply borrowing from its own future? on 29/02/24
Leo Tolstoy’s famous maxim about families could easily be adapted to express an important truth about contemporary geopolitics: the economies of the EU and Russia are both unhappy, but each in its own way. US money propping up France’s investment allure, but will it last? on 29/02/24
The number of confirmed foreign investments projects in France is on the up for the third year in a row, according to new government data released on Thursday (29 February) – almost a third of which comes from the US, despite growing concerns over labour costs and administrative complexity. EU Parliament urges EIB to scrap ammunition, weapons financing restrictions on 29/02/24
The vote comes amid mounting pressure on the EIB to increase its defence-related investments following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Political volte-face hits EU supply chain law amid unwavering Belgian ambition on 28/02/24
Belgian officials started to test the water for a speedy legislative solution to save the draft EU corporate due diligence law by mid-March, Euractiv understands, after numerous member-state defections forced them to abort a closely-watched vote between EU ambassadors.
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