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POLITICO

ECB’s Villeroy: Digital euro project more important than ever

The U.S.’s rejection of a central bank-designed digital currency has lent even more importance to the project in Europe, Bank

UK finance watchdogs drop DEI drive amid Trump backlash

The PRA and FCA will no longer bring forward proposals to require City of London firms to set diversity targets.

Georgia’s ex-leader Saakashvili handed 9 years in prison

The pro-Western opposition figure has been in detention since October 2021.

Captain of ship that crashed into US tanker is Russian, owner says

Solong crashed into the U.S. tanker Stena Immaculate off the East Yorkshire coast Monday.

Europe’s great battery hope Northvolt files for bankruptcy in Sweden

“The EU must not give up on building a European battery industry,” says senior MEP.

On the EU’s tariff hit list: American chicken wings, motorbikes and … women’s negligés?

The European Commission is seeking feedback on a 99-page hit list, and respondents have until March 26 to reply.

Belgium wanted a drug shortages bill. It’s not happy with the EU’s plan.

Belgium first called for a law to tackle drug shortages in May 2023.

EU readies ‘sledgehammer’ against Trump tariffs

Brussels is set to strike back against the U.S. president’s 25 percent levies on steel and aluminum.

3 elections in 3 years: Portugal’s political crisis explained

After Luís Montenegro’s center-right government fell, voters will head back to the polls in May.

‘Not why I joined the party:’ Keir Starmer’s MPs agonize about welfare cuts

A minority of MPs in the ruling Labour Party are feeling mutinous — but there’s a sharp divide among its newest members.