Croatia secures shock victory in ECB race

Surprise choice of Boris Vujčić throws next year’s race for the European Central Bank’s top job wide open.

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The Spanish upstart who wants to shock the eurozone back to life

Eurozone countries shouldn’t wait for all EU27 members before driving financial integration forward, argues Spain’s economy minister.

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As Bulgaria prepares to join the euro, Poland couldn’t be less interested

The election of a Euroskeptic populist as Poland’s president means Europe’s great economic success story will show even less interest in joining the eurozone.

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Brussels tries (again) to build its elusive single market

We’ve been here before. Will a Commission plan to tear down internal trade barriers work this time?

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MEPs to grill Portugal's Albuquerque on CMU, central supervision, deposit protection

EU lawmakers will be looking for cues as to whether it'd be her public or private-sector experience to prevail

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Does Germany still believe in Europe?

Scholz now seems to view the bloc as a problem to be managed, while European institutions and member countries seem to regard him as a problem to be managed in return.

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Letta: Europe is a ‘financial colony’ of the US

The Italian technocrat also warned that member states’ refusal to relinquish control of their domestic banki

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Europe’s financial ambitions slam into German opposition

Olaf Scholz’s hostility to UniCredit’s swoop on Commerzbank is a sign that pan-European integration will remain elusive.

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EU pushes back on IMF criticism of ‘inward-looking’ industrial policies

A senior EU official pushed back on the IMF's recommendation that countries should pursue policies that encour

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Commission's finance chief: EU leaders must do better at bolstering bank mergers, Banking Union

EU leaders should support the cross-border merger of banks to bolster the resilience of the Banking Union, Eur

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