EU
ECB calls for more productive spending may not be met
ECB President Christine Lagarde urges more productive spending to boost euro-area growth as the PMI survey remains weak
EUTackling terrorism in Europe will become tougher
The variety of terrorist threats and operational challenges are complicating counter-measures
EUProspects for Central Europe in 2020
Growth will slow in 2020 but will still outpace the EU average
EUNew Hungarian EU commissioner will be closely watched
EP committee accepts Hungarian commissioner-designate after assurances he is not Orban’s man
EUBrazil raises new pitfalls for Mercosur-EU trade deal
The possible opening of Amazonia to sugarcane planting raises a new risk for the Mercosur-EU trade deal
BrazilEU carbon emissions trading faces an uncertain future
Carbon pricing under the EU's Emissions Trading System will increase but forecasts vary considerably
EUEU states will accept their own jihadists from Turkey
US pressure may have helped Turkey overcome Europe's desire to have others deal with former IS fighters
TurkeyNew Brexit deal would damage UK-EU trade relations
At best, Johnson’s Brexit deal is likely to deliver a limited, goods-only trade deal with the EU
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