w/c Monday 16 September, last-ditch efforts underway to form a Spanish coalition government between PSOE and Podemos Spain has been...

ECB unleashes the bazooka As anticipated in previous reports, Draghi has followed up on the sentiments expressed during the July...

Tuesday 10 September, Final vote on confidence on the government in the Italian Senate After a month of heated discussions, Italy has...

Monday 2 September, Greece to fully lift capital controls Capital controls will be fully lifted in Greece with the final restraints...

Tuesday 27 August, Deadline for alternative coalition government to be found in Italy Following the resignation of Giuseppe Conte as...

ECB Minutes confirm likelihood of additional stimulus measures at the September Governing Council meeting ECB minutes underlined that...

Tuesday 20 August, No-confidence vote on Conte government scheduled On 20 August, the Senate will hold a vote of no confidence in...

w/c 12 August, Parliamentary leaders meet to discuss confidence vote as Italy gets on snap election footing After weeks of internal...

Italy gets on snap election footing After weeks of internal turbulence, Matteo Salvini decided last night to pull the plug on the...

Brecon and Radnorshire by-election reduces Johnson’s majority to 1 MP As anticipated, yesterday’s by-election in Brecon and Radnorshire...

Tuesday 30 July, FTID board to meet in an attempt to finalise Carige rescue The plan to save Carige was agreed in principle last week. As...

Draghi strengthens ECB commitment to reaching inflation target Although the market reaction was underwhelming, Draghi gave the ECB’s...

Monday, 22 July – Greek confidence vote Following the swearing in of all 300 MPs last week, today will see the new government put to a...

Benn Burt amendment further complicates but does not rule out any attempt to suspend parliament Yesterday, MPs approved by 41 votes an...

Tuesday 16 July, MEPs to vote on Von der Leyen’s candidacy for Commission President Despite frantic work over the weekend, Von der...

AFME sees European Banking Authority’s €135.1 billion, raises to €300 billion Last week’s report noted that the European Banking...

Monday 8 July, Eurogroup to discuss Italy’s Excessive Deficit Procedure as well as Croatia’s euro accession bid At today’s Eurogroup,...

Appointment of Lagarde the only one that matters From an investor perspective, the identity of the President of the European Commission,...

Tuesday, 2 July – European Parliament’s new term kicks off with uncertainty around top positions The European Council, which convened...

Core inflation up, but expectation remains for ECB stimulus reboot Flash inflation figures, published on 28 June, showed that headline...