Reports Tagged: EU

April 09, 2020

After a marathon – even by European Union standards – 16-hour slug fest, EU ministers finally agreed today on the three-pronged, (ESM, EIB, and “Kurzarbeit-styled” employment scheme), 590 billion euro credit line

April 02, 2020

Eurozone finance ministers will hold a teleconference next Tuesday, April 7, to hash out a package of fiscal measures designed to support an economy that is now fully expected to

March 22, 2020

As Washington rushes to mitigate the coming devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic on the US economy with the largest fiscal stimulus package ever on record, the European Union, devastated even

March 17, 2020

In a deliberate echo of the “whatever it takes” pledge in July 2012 by former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi that pulled the Eurozone from the brink of disintegration in the

March 09, 2020

** A teleconference of EU finance ministers last Wednesday to review the coronavirus impact and plan a response did not result in any decision on concerted fiscal policy action, but

February 18, 2020

On the eve of the just concluded long US holiday weekend, the office of the US Trade Representative issued a statement that effective March 18 tariffs on imported European Union

January 17, 2020

The European Commission has unveiled its latest ideas for how to finance what would be a truly herculean turnaround of the European economy to first cut net CO2 emission levels

December 18, 2019

On the heels of a historic landslide victory last week for his Conservative Party, Prime Minister Boris Johnson wasted no time in announcing he would seek a parliamentary vote to

November 27, 2019

The new European Commission headed by Ursula von der Leyden received the official endorsement of the European Parliament at its plenary session in Strasbourg today, and will now be ready

October 04, 2019

News coverage of the escalating trade dispute between the European Union and United States this week has focused on a WTO ruling giving Washington the go-ahead to impose $7.5 billion

September 06, 2019

The formation of a new government in Italy last Thursday has reduced the potential for another clash between Rome and Brussels over fiscal policy when Italy sends its 2020 draft

January 30, 2019

The fluid and highly uncertain back and forth between UK Prime Minister Teresa May and Members of Parliament over the past few weeks culminated in a round robin of multiple

July 25, 2018

EU officials are dampening expectations right ahead of the widely anticipated summit over auto and trade tariffs today between US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who

June 30, 2016

Key Takeaways: It would be wrong to interpret the time it is taking to form a government in London as signaling Article 50 may not be invoked or that the

June 24, 2016

In the wake of the generational-defining British vote to leave the European Union, the G7 is highly likely to issue a statement within the next few hours. We expect in

June 20, 2016

Key takeaways: The odds on this Thursday’s Brexit vote are swinging solidly back to Remain. If there is a “Leave” vote, negotiations over Article 50 are unlikely to begin until

April 04, 2016

Dutch citizens will head to the polls the day after tomorrow, April 6, to cast their vote in a non-binding referendum on the “Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement Approval Act,” the

February 25, 2016

The dramatic announcement by London’s Conservative Lord Mayor Boris Johnson on Monday that he is supporting the “Leave” camp in the June 23 Brexit referendum on EU membership is being

February 04, 2016

In today’s press conference on the latest European Commission economic forecast, Economic and Finance Commissioner Pierre Moscovici, when asked about Italy and its repeated demands for more fiscal space, struck

February 01, 2016

UK Prime Minister David Cameron met with EU Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels last night to try and hammer out the final details of an agreement on reforms with