Football is at ‘a tipping point’, Premier League boss warns Sport It came as umbrella body European Leagues and player union Fifpro formally filed a complaint against the world governing body at the European Commission.
The government is right to reject the EU’s plans for free movement by the backdoor Opinion The EU’s terms for reinstating a youth mobility scheme – from four-year visas to cut-price tuition fees – are utterly unreasonable, says Will Cooling Yesterday saw Sir Keir Starmer in Germany, where he tried to reinforce the positive impression he made on the global stage in the whirlwind days immediately after his election as Prime [...]
UK’s competition regulator has killed more deals than the EU’s watchdog since 2019 M&A The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked more tie ups than the European Commission every year bar one in the past five years.
German recovery helps eurozone escape shallow recession April 30, 2024 According to figures released this morning by Eurostat, the eurozone grew 0.3 per cent between January and March, ahead of the 0.1 per cent expansion expected by economists.
EU takes a bite out of Apple with £1.6bn antitrust fine March 4, 2024 The European Commission has fined Apple €1.84bn (1.57bn) for favouring its own music streaming app over rivals.
Eurozone growth for 2024 downgraded but inflation also set to fall further February 15, 2024 The eurozone is now predicted to grow 0.8 per cent in 2024, downgraded from 1.2 per cent in its previous round of forecasts in November.
Tech secretary working to ease UK access to Horizon Europe funding February 12, 2024 Tech secretary Michelle Donelan has said she is working to make it easier for British companies to access Horizon Europe funding as the UK looks to secure its science 'superpower' status.
Brexit is a ‘model for Germany’, says far right AfD leader while party surges in polls January 22, 2024 Brexit is a “model for Germany”, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party leader has claimed.
Dexit? Anti-EU Geert Wilders wins most votes in Dutch election as populists shock Europe November 23, 2023 Mr Wilders’ election programme includes calls for a referendum on the Netherlands leaving the European Union, a total halt to accepting asylum-seekers and migrant pushbacks at Dutch borders.
It would be senseless to delay a tax supported by greenies and the steel industry November 16, 2023 Implausible though it sounds, businesses in Britain are clamouring for a new tax this Autumn Statement. Even more unlikely, both heavy industry and environmentalists are aligned in wanting it. That’s right, the unsexily-titled carbon border adjustment mechanism (which parades around the punchy acronym CBAM) has managed a feat few thought possible: the union of greenies [...]