Debt

Trump has repeatedly called on the Fed to cut borrowing costs, which would help boost the economy ahead of a potential hit to growth from tariffs.

Paris and Berlin have been at loggerheads for years, but things are at last looking up.

“Defense definitely requires our full attention, but so does also the sustainability of our welfare state,” says Budget Minister Vincent Van Peteghem.

Belgian Energy Minister Mathieu Bihet told POLITICO he wants to phase out the country’s Russian gas imports — but didn’t back an outright ban.

When the world changed, here’s how it looked to political insiders.

Analysts are predicting a cut to 2.25 percent from 2.5 percent.

Eastern EU countries like Poland say they are currently bearing the financing brunt.

Losing €4 million a day and without a government, Belgium’s capital is in desperate need of leadership.

The market volatility caused by Trump’s back and forth on tariffs shows the U.S. “is not in a strong position,” the former EU commissioner tells Le Soir.

Finance ministers gathering in Warsaw will discuss tariffs and rearmament.

It was a week when penguins, bonds, the new German coalition, Louisiana soybeans, fossil fuels, the EU’s Digital Markets Act, France’s creaking politics and American bourbon all became one news story. POLITICO explains what got us all yippy.

Here are the politicians most likely to occupy top posts in the next government.

Friedrich Merz’s new administration promises tax cuts, energy price reductions and a blitz of public-private investment funds.

Beijing hammers US vice president as lacking “knowledge and respect” in escalating feud.

Merz signals a tougher stance on economic policy.

PARIS —The trade war with the United States might prevent France from bringing down its sky-high budget deficit, French Economy and Finance Minister Eric Lombard said on …

A supranational bank would sidestep the European Commission, involve the British, and allow defense-spending off the balance sheet.

Emmanuel Moulin is set to take over as the French president’s chief of staff later this month.

The Italian prime minister has kept her government surprisingly intact for years — but pressure is building as Donald Trump pushes Europe to pick sides.

Bank of Finland governor says the EU should draw up “proportionate countermeasures” against U.S. tariffs.

As budget hawks eye the EU’s farm billions, Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen and the agri world are digging in to defend the status quo.

Downing Street is worried about rising energy bills. Every option for bringing them under control could bring political pain.