Worries about political risks jolted Italian markets and pressured the euro following reports that Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and anti-immigrant League may ask the European Central Bank to forgive 250 billion euros of debt as the ...
more| 16 May 2018 12:28 | POLITICO.eu |
“We do not want to destroy, and the euro is not in question,” Bonafede told POLITICO. “We want to rebuild the dialogue among EU states under equal conditions, without moral lectures or political impositions from certain states that are today dominant ...
more| 16 May 2018 11:07 | Financial Times |
European parliamentarians have taken a hard line on EU plans to police London's euro derivatives clearing business after Brexit, in a move that raises the prospect of tension with the UK and US over the prized activity.
more| 16 May 2018 11:00 | Wall Street Journal |
The U.S. dollar edged higher Wednesday, fueled by a gain against the euro, as longer-term U.S. government bond yields rose modestly.
more| 16 May 2018 06:51 | Financial Times |
Ahead of Italy's general election in March the leaders of its soaring populist parties brushed off suggestions that they wanted to lead their country out of the euro. “[I] will not blow up the European monetary system,” said Matteo Salvini, head of the ...
more| 16 May 2018 06:48 | Bloomberg |
It doesn't really matter whether talks in Italy between the Five Star Movement and the League still include plans to seek a write-off of 250 billion euros ($295 billion) of the nation's debts and secure an exit mechanism from the euro, as the ...
more| 16 May 2018 05:52 | Bloomberg |
Merkel gave hints at what elements of the euro area's machinery could be overhauled as she and French President Emmanuel Macron pledge to present a joint initiative for a European Union summit on June 28-29.
moreIn a wide-ranging policy speech to the Bundestag lower house of parliament, the chancellor of 12-1/2 years addressed a range of individual issues from euro zone reform to digitalization and defense, without laying out a cohesive strategic vision. A ...
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