Europe’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports, imposed in response to U.S. trade levies, risks a return of inflation, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni warned on the eve of last week’s meeting of European heads of state.
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TOP TREND 2025: THE TRUMP CARD
One of our Top Trends for 2025 is “The Trump Card.” As the old Bronx saying goes, “Bullshit has its own sound.”
EU PLANS MAJOR WEAPONS SHOPPING SPREE AMID SO-CALLED THREAT FROM RUSSIA
European countries see the potential of revitalizing their economies as they plan to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on military advancements amid what they see as a direct threat from a resurgent Russia.
EUROPE MUST DEMAND ACCESS TO CHINA’S BATTERY KNOW-HOW, GROUP SAYS
Europe’s automakers and Chinese battery suppliers are focused on securing adequate battery supplies for electric vehicles (EVs), but that short-term thinking risks weakening the continent’s industrial base further, a new study warns.
EUROPE WILL GROW MORE SLOWLY THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT, EC SAYS
The Eurozone’s economy will expand less in 2025 than previously thought, the European Commission (EC) said last week as it trimmed its next year’s growth forecast to 1.3 percent, down from 1.4 percent foreseen in May.
VOLKSWAGEN’S ILLS EMBLEMATIC OF GERMANY’S CRISIS
In the third quarter, Volkswagen delivered 7.1 percent fewer vehicles, citing falling sales in China, where buyers are gravitating toward native brands and Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) are higher in quality and lower in price than those from Western makers.
TOP TREND 2024, EV GO FU: EUROPEAN COMMISSION VOTES TO SET TARIFFS ON CHINESE EVS
The European Commission (EC) has received enough support from member nations to lay tariffs as high as 45 percent on electric vehicles (EVs) coming from China through 2029, the body announced.
EU WARMONGER VON DER LEYEN STEALS €35 BILLION OF RUSSIAN MONEY TO GIVE TO UKRAINE
Ursula Von der Leyen, the warmongering president of the European Commission, announced last week during a trip to Kyiv, that the European Union will provide the Zelensky government with a loan backed by €35 billion from the interest made from frozen Russian assets.
VON DER LEYEN TO SERVE SECOND TERM AS EUROPEAN COMMISSION HEAD, PROVING THAT WARMONGERING SELLS
Ursula von der Leyen was reelected as president of the European Commission, which means the anti-Russian/pro-Gaza genocide warmonger will be rewarded with another five years at the helm.
EUROZONE COMMISSION FORECASTS 2.5 PERCENT INFLATION THIS YEAR
Inflation across the 20 countries that share the euro currency will fall to 2.5 percent, averaged throughout the year, the European Commission (EC) has projected.