slightly improving from the previous quarter’s readings of 0.9% and 1.0%, respectively. The biggest drag on growth came from Germany and France, which both unexpectedly contracted. Germany’s economy ...

Germany’s outgoing government is the border checks it imposed on all its frontiers last fall by another six months as it ...

Germany's growth is expected to accelerate to 1.1% in 2026. The IMF raised its 2025 growth forecast for the United Kingdom by 0.1 pp to 1.6% and Spain by 0.2 pp to 2.3%, but lowered it by 0.3 pp to ...

Eurozone growth slowed to a halt in the fourth quarter last year, dragged by contractions in major powers Germany and France ...

The eurozone economy stagnated in the fourth quarter as political instability weighed heavily on the region’s two biggest countries, offsetting better performance elsewhere.

ECB chief Christine Lagarde (pictured) said the single currency bloc was 'set to remain weak in the near term' as the rate ...

Germany’s next government faces the urgent task of addressing the economy’s structural weaknesses while navigating an ...

And the outlook for this year isn’t much better. The government slashed its 2025 forecast on Wednesday to 0.3% from 1.1%. Leading European economies Germany and France are both unsettled by political ...