George Hay

European corporate bosses may soon be following Jan Jenisch’s lead. In January, Holcim’s then-CEO announced he was splitting his U.S. business off from the rest of the Swiss building materials giant. President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House means that more companies could follow suit.

The year-end closure of a key Ukrainian pipeline transporting Russian gas to Europe marks the symbolic end of the continent’s dependence on Moscow’s energy.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy then as farce. Karl Marx’s maxim is getting more and more apt for France, whose debt is hitting levels of

LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) -Europeans are accustomed to trailing the United States on just about every financial metric.

On the face of it, 2025 is shaping up to be a stinker for renewable energy. The planet seems ever further from restricting global warming to a manageable 1.5 degrees Celsius level, and the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president means that the world’s biggest economy will visibly retreat from the collective fight against climate change. Yet while the year ahead will be painful for some green power players, the wider sector may yet constitute a buying opportunity.

“Europe will be forged in crisis, and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises.” So said European Union founding father Jean Monnet, back in 1967. In 2025, a security flashpoint on the EU’s eastern border coupled with a lack of U.S. action could prompt EU member states to break the glass on a key emergency tool: jointly issued debt. The biggest obstacle may be Monnet’s home country, France.

Hedge funds’ regulatory nightmare is slightly closer to becoming a reality. The Financial Stability Board (FSB), which makes policy recommendations

Mark Zuckerberg is, among other things, resetting his relations with Europe. Towards the end of Tuesday’s five-minute video relaxing content moderation rules, the Meta Platforms chief executive criticised European technology regulations and pledged to work with President-elect Donald Trump to “push back on governments going after American companies and pushing to censor more”. That sounds bad for the EU’s agenda to moderate content on social media – but Meta doesn’t hold all the cards.

LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Daniel Ek is cranking up the volume at Spotify Technology.

Rachel Reeves is sending a message. The UK finance minister on Monday booted out Marcus Bokkerink from his role chairing the national antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority. It’s squarely in keeping with her push to spur British growth, which in turn echoes what others are doing abroad. But it also sends a risky signal.