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Germany isolated as EU countries tilt toward duties on Chinese EVs

Ten countries voted in favor, four against and 11 abstained in non-binding vote, diplomats say.

July 17, 2024 5:23 pm CET

Germany’s Scholz set for rare meeting with Serbia’s isolated Vučić to finalize lithium deal

European Commission to also attend signature in Belgrade on Friday

July 16, 2024 8:15 pm CET

French government resigns, ushering in indefinite transition period 

The Attal administration will now serve as a caretaker government until a new prime minister is appointed.

July 16, 2024 4:02 pm CET

EU opens new front with China over car chips

Officials are concerned subsidized Chinese firms are going after the bloc’s champions.

July 15, 2024 6:00 am CET

Draghi’s EU competitiveness plan set to be delayed until September

Von der Leyen likely won’t have time to focus on Mario Draghi’s report until after the summer as she’s so focused on winning her second term.

July 12, 2024 4:01 am CET

Italian airline deal wasn’t cleared to help my boss: EU’s Vestager

European Commission came under heavy Italian political pressure to allow Lufthansa to buy Italy’s troubled airline.

July 11, 2024 12:45 pm CET

Apple’s payments offer ends EU antitrust probe

The iPhone maker will open up its ‘tap and go’ technology to rivals to appease EU antitrust regulators.

July 11, 2024 11:09 am CET

Microsoft clinches deal to avert EU cloud probe

Software giant’s truce with cloud providers ends a two-year dispute and the threat of an antitrust probe.

July 10, 2024 3:54 pm CET

Isolated, Hungary calls for open competition with Chinese electric cars

Only seven ministers and no commissioner attended the first gathering of Budapest’s six-month presidency of the Council of the EU.

July 9, 2024 5:53 pm CET
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EU, UK eye new era of green ties as Britain’s Labour takes power

Increased appetite for cooperation could save costs and boost climate action on both sides, experts say.

July 5, 2024 6:41 pm CET

Far-right France risks paralyzing EU’s Green Deal

National Rally’s push against green policies would violate EU law — and hike French utility bills down the line.

July 4, 2024 6:30 pm CET
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EU firms up duties on Chinese EVs, skirting Berlin’s pressure

By cementing the duties, Brussels is holding its ground against Chinese — and German — opposition.

July 4, 2024 11:17 am CET

EU ethics watchdog calls for crack down on officials quitting for law firms

Emily O’Reilly warns that ex-European Commission officials risk bringing valuable information and insights to corporate clients.

July 4, 2024 6:00 am CET

Intel shelves French, Italian chip investments

The chipmaker’s losses have forced it to pause research investments in Europe that could have bolstered region’s semiconductor plans.

July 4, 2024 6:00 am CET

Europe fears France and Italy will seize EU’s economy jobs

Giving fiscally undisciplined capitals key Commission posts on spending and subsidies would be like putting “two foxes in charge of a henhouse.”

July 3, 2024 7:51 pm CET

Tesla received EU inspectors last week at its Chinese factories

Such an inspection could result in Tesla getting a lower duty than the average of 21 percent on Chinese EV-makers.

July 3, 2024 3:02 pm CET

Lufthansa wins EU approval for its Italian airline deal

Competition chief Margrethe Vestager said she was satisfied.

July 3, 2024 11:59 am CET

Investors too confused by French election to panic — yet

Markets will certainly make their position known if politicking threatens to stretch public finances.

July 1, 2024 6:55 pm CET

European markets open higher on relief at French election results

Stocks bounce sharply as the first round of voting leaves Le Pen’s National Rally looking short of securing a majority in parliament.

July 1, 2024 9:42 am CET

Le Pen pushes back against Macron picking Breton as EU commissioner

New fight brews between French president and surging far right ahead of snap election.

June 28, 2024 5:23 pm CET

Microsoft and Google AI deals get EU antitrust scrutiny, Vestager says

“We cannot just sit back and see how things pan out,” the competition commissioner said.

June 28, 2024 4:38 pm CET

Macron wants Breton to return as EU commissioner in blow to far right

National Rally had claimed it should nominate the French commissioner if it wins the parliamentary election — but the president wants Breton back in Brussels.

June 27, 2024 8:52 pm CET

German ministers dash to China in bid to escape retaliation over EV duties

Transport Minister Volker Wissing calls duties a “destructive approach” on third visit by a government leader in recent weeks.

June 27, 2024 6:00 am CET
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