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              European economy

              • Friday, 10 January, 2025
                News in-depthItalian economy
                Italy’s luxury wineries rely on illegal migrant workers

                Barolo, Barbaresco and other high-end wines made in Langhe region grapple with dependence on undocumented labourers

                The small town of Barolo nestled amongst vineyards in the Langhe region of Piedmont
              • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
                Global Economy
                Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares

                Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane but not all central banks have taken action yet. See how this affects you

              • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
                Eurozone inflation
                Eurozone inflation jumps to 2.4% in third consecutive rise

                Increase damps hope that European Central Bank will boost region’s flagging economy with rate cuts

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              • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
                Sarah O'Connor
                How much sick pay is too much sick pay?

                The contrasting cases of Germany and the UK are revealing about policy trade-offs

                A sick pay now placard at a zero hour contracts protest.
              • Monday, 6 January, 2025
                LexEnergy sector
                Electricity co-operation post-Brexit has far more positives than negatives Premium content

                A simple trading agreement would suit both Europe and the UK

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              • Monday, 6 January, 2025
                French economy
                France signals fewer spending cuts and tax rises ahead of budget talks

                Economy minister seeks to ‘protect growth’ with slightly higher deficit target for 2025

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              • Monday, 6 January, 2025
                Sergey Vakulenko
                Trump’s ambitious oil plans will not derail Russia

                It would still be very disruptive to try to embargo Russian oil from the world markets altogether

                Ben Hickey illustration of two giant crude oil extraction pumps turned towards each other, one hitting the other on top.
              • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
                Matthew O'Toole
                Northern Ireland should make the most of its proximity to the EU

                Belfast stands to gain from enhancing its unique position between London, Dublin and Brussels

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              • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
                Free LunchTej Parikh
                Europe is not a business backwater Premium content

                Comparisons with the US stock market undersell the continent’s companies and their potential

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              • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
                Global Economy
                Did the US jobs market hold up?

                Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

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              • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
                Eurozone interest rates
                ECB has been too slow to cut rates, Eurozone economists warn

                Almost half of analysts polled by the FT accuse rate-setters of being ‘behind the curve’

              • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
                Ireland
                Steep costs of Irish reunification deter Dublin despite tax windfall

                Ending division between north and south could lead to €20bn bill every year for two decades

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              • Friday, 3 January, 2025
                Water scarcity
                EU’s energy fixation has left water crisis unchecked, top official warns

                Environment commissioner Jessika Roswall says bloc must urgently address water shortages affecting business

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              • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
                The FT ViewThe editorial board
                Europe needs to tackle its red tape problem

                Complex, overlapping rules and burdensome reporting requirements are strangling EU growth

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              • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
                EU trade
                Merz pushes for EU free trade deal with Trump’s US

                German conservative leader predicted to be next chancellor rejects retaliatory tariffs

                German opposition leader Friedrich Merz
              • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
                US economy
                Trump’s ‘Maganomics’ will hurt growth, economists tell FT polls

                On both sides of Atlantic, most surveyed claim protectionist shift will overshadow benefits of other policies

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              • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
                News in-depthTurkish politics
                The Erdoğan whisperer behind Turkey’s economic pivot

                Vice-president Cevdet Yılmaz has played a crucial backstage role managing the turn to financial orthodoxy

                A montage of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with a silhouette of Cevdet Yılmaz behind him over a red background
              • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
                Automobiles
                Job losses at Europe’s car parts suppliers soar as vehicle market slows

                Falling sales growth and excess capacity have led to sector pain that the EV transition is not easing

                Picket line at a Michelin tyre plant in France
              • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
                FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
                Activist investors give Japan a wake-up call

                A critical mass of shareholder activists are forcing companies to adjust

              • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
                Global InsightAndy Bounds
                The EU’s impossible choice on trade and tariffs

                Trump’s threat of higher duties on Chinese goods raises the stakes for a union proud of its free-trading instincts

                A paint factory in China
              • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
                News in-depthGermany
                German childcare crisis leaves parents and businesses in lurch

                Staff shortages lead to frequent emergency closures, with working mothers struggling to cope

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              • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
                Eurozone economy
                Eurozone growth threatened by global trade war, economists warn

                Financial Times poll points to gloomy outlook with little upside potential for common currency area

                A montage of the image of Donald Trump, the EU flag and shipping containers
              • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
                Markets InsightSimon Nixon
                Could 2025 be the year when Europe surprises investors positively?

                Amid much pessimism there are also several things that may well lift the mood

                A close up shot of the Euro sculpture near the Commerzbank AG headquarters in Frankfurt
              • Monday, 30 December, 2024
                Russian economy
                Russian smugglers import luxury cars from Europe despite sanctions

                Wealthy customers hit with hefty charges as importers forced to take longer routes

                A montage of an advert for a car for sale, and the Kremlin skyline
              • Monday, 30 December, 2024
                Henry Foy
                Year in a word: Competitiveness

                Mario Draghi’s report urging the EU to step up its game uses a buzzword on every Eurocrat’s lips

                Montage image of tiles spelling ‘competitiveness’ and two EU flags
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