Europe

Uncertainty about Trump’s economic agenda in his second term is fuelling market volatility as well as ‘Trump trades’

Gas prices have risen on supply risks but oil prices remain near USD70 per barrel on successive cuts to demand forecasts

Two leading opposition figures are facing corruption charges ahead of next year’s elections

Azerbaijan is hosting this year’s COP29; its president has opened with an attack on foreign governments

Italy’s policy of processing migrants in Albania has suffered a second major setback

The euro-area enters next year against a backdrop of a tighter fiscal environment and heightened trade uncertainty

The victorious Social Democrats signed a coalition agreement with a right-wing party

Germany is expected to hold its next federal elections in February, following the government’s collapse