Macron stirs German campaign with pre-poll invites
By hosting two contenders to succeed Merkel as chancellor, President Macron has shown how anxiously France is eyeing the outcome of Germany's election and its effect on a crucial EU partnership
Why have the floods in Europe been so deadly?
Devastating floods in Germany and other parts of western Europe have been described as a "catastrophe" and a "war zone". How did this happen and why has it been so bad?
Ireland’s low-tax economy can survive OECD reform: experts
Ireland has become the European base for a raft of US multinationals but what impact will the global tax reforms have on its low corporate tax regime?
Nord Stream 2 pipeline: controversial and unstoppable
The soon-to-be-completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline, set to double natural gas supplies from Russia to Germany, has long divided European capitals and fuelled tensions with Washington
G7 strikes ‘historic’ agreement over global corporate tax
Finance ministers from wealthy G7 nations have endorsed a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15%, targeting tech giants and other multinationals accused of not paying enough tax
A peek behind the IT curtain of EU’s ‘vaccine passport’
From video calls involving 130 people to no-shows at the rehearsal, Josef Lieven and his software engineers faced their share of challenges on the road to Europe's digital Covid certificate
Germany, France want to curb ‘killer’ Big Tech deals
The EU's biggest economies Germany and France as well as the Netherlands want the bloc to secure beefier powers to stop startups from being swallowed by big tech companies
Global minimum tax for corporations inches towards reality
First proposed by the United States and now supported by the IMF and major economies, a global minimum tax rate on corporations is gathering momentum toward becoming a reality
Europe’s Covid recovery fund starts to fall into place
Negotiations were difficult and the plan got off to a slow start, but Europe's huge post-coronavirus recovery fund may make its first payments in July after two important obstacles were passed
Germany faces up to unpredictable post-Merkel era
A sea change in German politics began this week with two leading parties announcing their candidates to succeed Angela Merkel at September's elections, when the veteran chancellor will bow out