Business & Economy

Jul 27, 2026

The Digital Euro Got Its Blueprint This Month — but Not Before 2029

Europe's plan for a public, digital form of cash spent years as a slideshow. In July it finally got its legal blueprint from the Commission and a rulebook from the ECB — but a first digital euro is still unlikely before 2029, and the fights over privacy and your bank account are only starting.

Business & Economy

Jul 24, 2026

Europe's October Deadline With China Arrives — With Low Expectations

Brussels gave Beijing until October to show progress on a €360 billion trade gap. Three months out, the EU's own chief trade lawmaker calls the deadline 'not realistic' — and Europe is quietly sharpening its backup tools.

Business & Economy

Jul 23, 2026

The Draghi Agenda Has a Delivery Problem — and Now a Scoreboard

Nearly two years after Mario Draghi told Europe to reform or decline, an independent index has ranked the European Commission's own departments on how much of his agenda they have turned into law. The gap between top and bottom is striking.

Business & Economy

Jul 22, 2026

The 2035 Engine Ban Is Now in Parliament's Hands, and Getting Weaker

Six months after Brussels proposed replacing its 2035 combustion-engine ban with a 90% emissions cut, the fight has moved to the European Parliament — where the lead lawmaker's April draft wants to loosen the rule further. Where the EU's flagship climate deadline actually stands now.

Business & Economy

Jul 21, 2026

Europe Never Measured What Completing Its Single Market Would Gain

A new EPIC study finds Europe has measured what the single market delivers, and what losing it would cost — but never what completing it would gain. Mario Draghi called that unfinished market the EU's 'only hope.' Nobody has put a price on finishing it.

Business & Economy

Jul 21, 2026

IMF Cuts Euro Area Growth Forecast as Middle East War Bites

The Fund's 2026 verdict on the eurozone: growth down to 0.9%, inflation back up to 2.9%, and the risks tilted firmly to the downside.