The leader of one of Angela Merkel’s coalition partners urged the German chancellor to push for budget discipline within the euro zone at an EU summit next week and not to give in to pressure from France and other states to soften her stance.
The world’s biggest trade dispute, the European-U.S. dogfight over subsidies for planemakers Airbus and Boeing , is set for another round after the EU told the WTO it stopped giving illegal payments, but failed to mention aid for the Airbus A350.
The European Union said it will sue Italy over rules restricting investment in companies, including Finmeccanica SpA, Enel SpA and Telecom Italia SpA, that allow the government to interfere in management decisions.
11/18/2011
— Filed under: Business,Politics
Tags: investments, Italy, Telecom Italia SpA
British women are the most overweight in Europe, according to official figures.
Amid great fanfare the U.K. government has announced its first cyber security strategy. What is striking about the document is how modest the government has been.
RThey may not have been the exact words José Manuel Barroso used during a lunch with the new Italian prime minister, Mario Monti, on Tuesday, but the message was clear: Welcome back to Europe’s top table.
Oil options volatility was little- changed as the underlying futures rose amid speculation that euro-area leaders will do more to fight the debt crisis.
The European Commission Thursday said it will sue Germany for a second time over the country’s so-called Volkswagen law which it says violates free movement of capital in the European Union and effectively shields the company from a hostile takeover.
11/13/2011
— Filed under: Business
Tags: Germany, Volkswagen
EUA proposed European Union tax on stock trades may quash about 70 percent of the bloc’s derivatives trade by volume, according to European Commission projections.
The European Union aims to transfer carbon permits from a 3,3 billion-euro ($4,5 billion) reserve to the European Investment Bank this month, enabling the lender to start selling them to help finance innovative energy projects.
11/11/2011
— Filed under: Finance
Tags: EU, European Investment Bank
