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    Andy Bounds

    EU Correspondent

    EU correspondent covering Brexit, trade, health and European politics, including the European parliament. He is also Netherlands correspondent and a frequent contributor to the agenda-setting Europe Express newsletter.

    Andy has worked for the Financial Times since 1997. He covered the Brexit vote in the UK as Northern correspondent and was previously posted in Brussels from 2004-08.

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    • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
      EU-China relations
      China’s Xi Jinping meets EU leaders for high stakes talks

      Brussels’ worries about trade deficit fuelled by soaring lending to Chinese manufacturers

      A worker next to a new car at the quality control station of a Chinese production line
    • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
      Brexit
      EU offers battery makers €3bn to jump start electric vehicle industry

      Subsidy is part of a deal with the UK to postpone tariffs on EV trade

      An electric vehicle battery being made in Germany
    • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
      Europe Express
      Europe’s far right surges in race for next year’s EU elections Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: the final stretch in the EU’s race to regulate AI

      Flags of the EU and EU member states in front of the European parliament
    • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
      EU trade
      Brussels proposes 3-year delay to EV sales tariffs between UK and EU

      British government argued that duties would heap excessive costs on carmakers

      An electric car being charged
    • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why Slovakia and the Czech Republic want to continue using Russian oil Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Italy impounds a German-funded migrant rescue ship

      A general view of a section of the Slovnaft Oil Refinery on May 31, 2022 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Slovnaft, Slovakia
    • Friday, 1 December, 2023
      Europe Express
      How Portugal’s departing PM Costa hopes to clear his name Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Brussels to crack down on illegal pet trade

      Antonio Costa
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      UK foreign policy
      Sunak dismisses talk of Britain rejoining EU

      UK prime minister steps up attack on Greek counterpart over Elgin Marbles

      The so-called Elgin Marbles in the British Museum in London
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      Ireland
      Ireland vows to heed social concerns after anti-immigrant riots

      Dublin to reassure locals when placing asylum seekers in areas ‘where there is tension and concern’, trade minister says

      Flames rise from a car and a bus set on fire at the junction of Bachelors Walk and the O’Connell Bridge in Dublin on November 23 2023
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      Europe’s largest party wants to take on the far right by curbing migration Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: How Brussels wants to crack down on people smugglers

    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      Netherlands politics
      Geert Wilders’ coalition negotiator steps down over alleged fraud

      Resignation of Gom van Strien delays far-right’s efforts to form a government in the Netherlands

      Gom van Strien speaks at an event
    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why Turkey wants a closer customs union with the EU Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: How Poland’s president is delaying Donald Tusk’s premiership

      Turkey’s industry minister Mehmet Fatih Kacir
    • Sunday, 26 November, 2023
      Dutch election
      Wilders to ‘moderate’ his stance in bid for Dutch premiership

      Far-right party set to resume exploratory talks with potential coalition partners on Monday

      Geert Wilders
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Netherlands politics
      Geert Wilders faces early setback in Dutch coalition talks

      Business community warns prolonged instability could scare off investors

      Geert Wilders and Dilan Yeşilgöz
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      What EU countries fight about when they fight about the budget Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: France’s selective bashing of Chinese electric vehicles

      Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      News in-depthDutch election
      Geert Wilders: the anti-Islam leader vowing to ‘put the Dutch first’

      Freedom party founder has made crude attacks on Muslim faith, migrants and Brussels

      Geert Wilders
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      News in-depthDutch election
      Wilders’ win in Dutch election is a boon for Europe’s far right

      Veteran anti-Islam, anti-EU politician has capitalised on voter fears about immigration

      Geert Wilders gives a speech in The Hague on Wednesday after the announcement of the first exit poll results
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Dutch election
      Far-right’s Geert Wilders wins big in Dutch election

      Anti-EU politician pledges to curb ‘asylum tsunami’ but will need other parties for coalition

      Geert Wilders
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      OpenAI and Sam Altman’s superpowers

      Israel and Hamas agree a deal to release 50 hostages

    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      EU trade
      France signals support for UK call to delay tariffs on electric vehicles

      Paris willing to postpone start of levy on EVs made in Britain or the EU

      A lorry loaded with cars
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      EU budget rules
      EU urges member states to scrap energy subsidies

      Commission calls on Germany, Portugal and Malta to remove measures as soon as possible

      A construction crane beyond an apartment building at dusk in Berlin
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      How the Czech Republic wants to shut European borders to Russian agents Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: bikes are back at Finland’s border to Russia

    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      News in-depthDutch election
      Geert Wilders set for political comeback in Dutch election

      Veteran far-right, anti-Islam leader could be kingmaker in next coalition government after Wednesday’s vote

      Geert Wilders at a convention in January 2023
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Mercosur
      EU and Mercosur trade bloc ramp up talks in bid to close deal in coming weeks

      Negotiations over pact have dragged on for decades

    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      News in-depthEU-China relations
      ‘We were not hard enough’: how past trade tensions inspired Brussels’ fresh China crackdown

      EU believes ramping up pressure on Beijing is the only way to tackle huge bilateral trade deficit

    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      EU common budget
      German ruling deals blow to EU spending plans

      Funds for Ukraine are secure, says Berlin, but Brussels has delayed agreement as it pushes for other expenses

      Olaf Scholz
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