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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Eurozone economy
      Eurozone economic downturn looms as business orders fall

      Euro hits six-month low and investors bet against more interest rate rises after release of PMIs

      A worker on an assembly line in France
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      EU-China relations
      EU warns of ‘possible’ Chinese retaliation over electric car probe

      Brussels is wary that Beijing could target specific sectors in individual countries of the bloc

      A BYD Seal electric car at the Munich Motor Show
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      German economy
      Gloom spreads through German manufacturing

      Disruptions compound longer-term structural problems including labour shortages and a lack of investment

      Machine tool maker Heller’s headquarters in Nürtingen
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Brexit
      Germany backs delay to EV tariffs in boost to Sunak

      Berlin’s switch comes after industry warnings but the European Commission remains split

      A Renault Rafale electric vehicle at the Munich Motor Show
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      German economy
      Germany’s industrial gloom deepens as production falls

      Sharp decline in carmaking drives third consecutive drop, as second-quarter eurozone growth is revised down to 0.1%

      A Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, Germany
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Irish economy
      Irish manufacturers buck European trend with rise in activity

      Export orders jump and companies hire workers at fastest pace since February while broader regional economy remains weak

      Workers assemble wiring into the cab of a forklift truck on the production line at the Combilift factory in Monaghan, Ireland
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      German economy
      German businesses’ confidence falls as economy stagnates

      Closely watched Ifo poll shows broad-based downturn in sentiment as statisticians confirm no growth in the second quarter

      An employee works at a German gear manufacturing company
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Eurozone economy
      Falling eurozone business activity raises doubts over ECB’s next move

      Economists and investors increasingly think central bank will hold interest rates in September

      A Thyssenkrupp blast furnace in Germany
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Global InsightMartin Arnold
      Ireland’s wild data is leaving economists stumped

      Eurozone statistics have been seriously distorted by US tech and pharma groups that found a home in Dublin

      Montage of a Dublin street, waterway and a chart
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      ExplainerGerman economy
      Can Germany fix its economy?

      Ukraine war, higher rates and sluggish trade aggravate longstanding structural problems in EU powerhouse

      A montage of workers fixing a Volkswagen vehicle overlaid with fluctuating red and blue lines
    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
      TSMC to build €10bn chip plant in Germany

      Chipmaker is latest tech group to make use of Berlin’s subsidies as it seeks to diversify globally

      TSMC’s logo outside its global  R&D centre in Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Buffett’s favoured advisory firm takes stake in Italian machinery maker IMA

      BDT & MSD Partners’ investment values company at about €6.5bn and provides exit for private equity backer BC Partners

      Byron Trott walking with a bag over his shoulder
    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      Climate change
      Aluminium companies complain about EU carbon border tax loophole

      Levy encourages non-EU producers to generate scrap to be remelted and sold to bloc

    • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
      Automobiles
      Audi chief ousted after German carmaker lags behind rivals

      VW replaces Markus Duesmann with strategy head Gernot Döllner after mounting tensions

    • Friday, 23 June, 2023
      Industrial metals
      EU pressured to recognise aluminium as ‘strategic’ raw material

      France and Germany lead push to add metal to critical materials list

      A worker secures a roll of sheet aluminium at a factory in Serbia
    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      Commercial property
      Demand for Europe factory space rises 29% amid ‘nearshoring’ rush

      Manufacturers look to reduce dependence on China over geopolitical and supply chain concerns

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      Brexit
      German carmakers lobby to maintain tariff-free access to UK

      Industry wants EU to delay ‘rules of origin’ terms in post-Brexit trade agreement

      Electric cars at a factory
    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Emmanuel Macron
      Europe needs more factories and fewer dependencies

      The twin shocks of Covid and the war in Ukraine have taught us lessons about the value of economic sovereignty

      Montage of Emmanuel Macron against a dark blue background with EU yellow stars
    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Automobiles
      VW ramps up investments in electric car transition with €180bn injection

      Money will be used over next five years to produce batteries and fund expansion in US and China

      VW chief executive Oliver Blume
    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      BYD Co Ltd
      China’s BYD blames Brexit as it rules out UK for Europe car plant

      World’s largest seller of electric and hybrid cars sets out plans to dominate region by 2030

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      News in-depthRail
      ‘We are full’: the rebirth of Europe’s sleeper trains

      Well-heeled passengers are eager to rediscover overnight rail travel but suitable carriages are scarce

      A woman sits on the bed in a double room on the Caledonian Sleeper train
    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      The Top LinePeter Campbell
      Why Europe is struggling to compete with the US on green subsidies

      VW’s choice of battery factory in North America highlights risks of losing talent and technology across Atlantic

      An aerial view of solar installations in Denmark
    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      The Top LinePeter Campbell
      Europe’s autoworkers will pay the price for electric vehicle push

      Ford’s jobs cuts are the first sign of a coming wave set to hit the sector and its workforce

      A production label sits on an engine to be fitted into a Mini car produced by BMW
    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      Eurozone economy
      Eurozone business activity rebounds much faster than expected

      PMI score hits nine-month high, showing bloc’s resilience against energy crisis

      A jogger near the European Central Bank building in Frankfurt, Germany
    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Ford Motor Co
      Ford to axe 3,800 European jobs in electric-car overhaul

      US automaker announces cuts to product development teams in UK and Germany

      Ford Focus assembly line workers
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