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EU to help its firms, workers, farmers in case of no-deal Brexit: doc

03 Sep 2019

BRUSSELS The European Commission on Wednesday will propose financial help for European Union businesses, workers and farmers if Britain crashes out of the bloc without any agreement, a document seen by Reuters said.

Euro zone growth halves, inflation slows in spur for ECB

31 Jul 2019

BRUSSELS Euro zone economic growth halved in the second quarter and inflation slowed sharply in July, reinforcing market expectations that the European Central Bank will further ease monetary policy in September. | Video

Bank of England's Carney appears out of race for IMF top job

18 Jul 2019

CHANTILLY, France The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, is unlikely to succeed Christine Lagarde as the boss of the International Monetary Fund, European officials said on Thursday, as the European Union was considering four other names for the job.

Bank of England's Carney appears out of race for IMF top job

18 Jul 2019

CHANTILLY, France, July 18 The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, is unlikely to succeed Christine Lagarde as the boss of the International Monetary Fund, European officials said on Friday, as the European Union was considering four other names for the job.

EU to call for help from G20 leaders in reforming WTO

27 Jun 2019

BRUSSELS European Union leaders will this week urge the G20 to help reform the World Trade Organization in order to preserve a rules-based system which is under threat from an escalating trade war between China and the United States.

Divided EU leaders set sorting out euro zone budget financing as priority

21 Jun 2019

BRUSSELS European Union leaders told their finance ministers on Friday to sort out the sources of financing for a future euro zone budget as a matter of priority, but remained vague on the idea of a European bank deposit insurance scheme.

EU aims to complete top jobs jigsaw puzzle on June 30

21 Jun 2019

BRUSSELS European Union leaders will meet again on June 30 to seek agreement on who should inherit the bloc's top jobs - including the head of its central bank - after failing to get a deal in talks dragging into the small hours on Friday.

Divided EU to urge return to talks on euro zone integration

20 Jun 2019

BRUSSELS, June 21 European Union leaders will urge finance ministers on Friday to keep working on deeper euro zone integration as flagship ideas such as a euro zone budget or a deposit guarantee scheme either lack key elements or have not progressed at all.

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