Alessandra Migliaccio

Italy’s state-run postal service bought a stake in Telecom Italia SpA amid a government push to recreate a “national champion” in the telecommunications industry.

(Bloomberg) -- The euro zone's bout of economic sluggishness is lasting longer than anticipated, European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta said, warning that the so far resilient jobs market may be cracking.

(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is counting on Italy's citizens to help keep the country solvent, with the latest bond sale showing ordinary savers buying in.

The Italian government is having growing doubts about closing a €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink in light of the US pullback from commitments to European security, people familiar with the matter said.

European Central Bank officials are bracing for tough negotiations over whether to cut interest rates further or hold fire when they next set borrowing costs in April, according to people familiar with their thinking.

Italy plans to propose a new financial vehicle to mobilize hundreds of billions of euros of private capital for strategic defense and aerospace projects via European Union and member state guarantees.

Markets believe that additional outlays for defense are better served by joint European Union borrowing instead of expanding individual countries’ debt load, according to European Stability Mechanism Managing Director Pierre Gramegna.

The Trump administration’s support of crypto currencies could hurt Europe’s monetary autonomy, supporting the case for a digital euro, according to a top EU official.

The European Union mustn’t let up in its efforts to help Ukraine resist Russia, according to Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski.

Die Finanzminister der Europäischen Union sind besorgt, dass Anleiheinvestoren zögern könnten, ihre Pläne für die Erhöhung der Verteidigungsausgaben zu finanzieren.