‘Everyone loses’ under Trump’s economic policies, says French bank chief
François Villeroy de Galhau warns that tariffs will hurt global economy and US growth

François Villeroy de Galhau warns that tariffs will hurt global economy and US growth
Years of incompetence at the top have left Brussels sidelined in Ukrainian peace talks
The idea that the bloc still has the economic clout to force Trump to the negotiating table is delusional
Rather than tackle the elephantine French state, the president is ramming through a wealth-destroying tariff
He also steered Greece into the eurozone but the country was later found to have falsified its finances to meet the required debt thresholds
End-of-year stagnation leads organisation to revise down economy’s output in 2024
Factory activity and industrial demand slump in a blow to Olaf Scholz’s re-election hopes
The grounds for Brexit were laid long before Nigel Farage came on the scene
Factory activity falls at fastest pace in 11 months as Budget tax raid hammers confidence
Rejoiners are tossing dodgy numbers around without caring where they have come from
This witless Government cannot expect any favours from the failing economic bloc
The impact of the French president’s dangerous pyrotechnics is making it easier for him to justify recourse to Article 16
France’s political and fiscal chaos poses a threat to the EU’s grand experiment in monetary union
Continent’s largest economies are vulnerable to shocks while weighed down by debt burdens
Failure of Brussels’ plan for industrial rearmament leaves the bloc facing difficult choices
Bringing down the governing coalition may be the only way to revive Europe’s economic giant
Germany’s GDP has grown by 0.2pc following increased eurozone spending
International Monetary Fund doubles its estimate for UK economic growth to 1.1pc over 2024
Berlin is putting its wounded pride ahead of commercial realism
New prime minister fires warning at ‘richest part of the population’ amid higher-than-expected deficit
Bond yields rise amid concerns Michel Barnier will be unable to get costs under control
Car exports to the US would crash, leaving economy scarred, experts fear
The EU’s ‘regulate first, ask questions later’ approach to AI is turning Europe into a tech backwater