Top European Union officials and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded a business investment deal on Wednesday that will open big opportunities to European companies, but has the potential to irk the new American administration. Amid concerns about the human rights situation in China, the EU said the seven-year-long negotiations were concluded in “principle” during a … Read more
After a drawn-out vote count that transfixed not just the U.S. but most of the world, many global leaders on Saturday were quick to respond to former Vice President Joe Biden’s election victory, with most sending congratulations and vowing to work with him. In Europe, where many countries hope President-elect Biden will reverse some of … Read more
The European Central Bank held off from strengthening its stimulus programs despite growing concern that a renewed surge in COVID-19 cases could stall the economy’s recovery from the deep downturn in the first part of the year, and even as analysts forecast that the bank will eventually take further action. But the ECB signaled that … Read more
ROME-—Italians voted to shrink the size of the national parliament, according to early voting results, in an expression of Europeans’ continuing frustration with their political class. Nearly 70% of voters approved a constitutional amendment that cuts the number of lawmakers by about one third, the early results of a referendum held on Sunday and Monday … Read more
A Chinese diplomatic offensive to improve ties with Europe and counter U.S. influence has failed to yield clear gains so far. On the last leg of a two-week fence-mending tour of the continent, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stopped in Germany on Tuesday, having met with skepticism even in friendlier countries. China is eager to … Read more
President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also pledged during a joint news conference that European countries would work more closely in the coming weeks to coordinate virus protection measures and vaccine supplies. (AP photo) France’s president insisted Thursday that the country will send millions of students back to school starting September 1, despite … Read more
Lunchbox, books, pencil case — masks? Thousands of children in northern Germany became the first in Europe to begin a new school year on Monday after months of curtailed hours over the coronavirus pandemic. The rest of the country was watching anxiously as 150,000 children returned to school in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany’s first state to … Read more