John Follain

Italy will take until at least 2026 to get its budget deficit below the EU’s 3% limit, sources say, potentially earning extended scrutiny from the bloc’s fiscal watchdogs https://t.co/jcPgf8ulxD via @economics

Chinese President Xi Jinping criticizes “technological barriers” during Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s visit to Beijing https://t.co/NpDGKjozxG via @bpolitics

The government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has come under attack from opposition parties following a report that his administration manipulated information about the deadliest train crash in Greece’s history. https://t.co/sFH8FHxByr via @bpolitics

France is putting pressure on its defense industry to accelerate production of equipment for Ukraine https://t.co/DIfCynPp9u via @bpolitics

Ukrainian forces are benefiting from a plan to deliver hundreds of thousands of ammunition rounds to the front line as they use up stocks in anticipation that more is on the way, the Czech Republic’s top diplomat says https://t.co/WqhKpKkbvv via @bpolitics

Ukraine says it hit an amphibious assault ship which was docked in Crimea https://t.co/sa3j9eYaMm via @bpolitics

France and Germany agree to join forces to produce ammunition in Ukraine through a new subsidiary of manufacturer KNDS https://t.co/oP5ArFhV19 via @markets

French President Emmanuel Macron is ramping up pressure on his government to find budget savings at the same time as funding aid to Ukraine, building new nuclear reactors and seeking to make his country friendlier for business https://t.co/m6IEE4ppQH via @bpolitics

Eight people were injured in the first large-scale Russian missile attack on Kyiv since February, Vitali Klitschko, mayor of the Ukrainian capital, says https://t.co/jM7eWc5WqT via @bpolitics

The EU will unveil proposals to use profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, as a much-needed US aid package remains stuck in Congress. Read the Brussels Edition https://t.co/pMHY5HKk7a via @business

The EU has prepared legislation that would see Ukraine start to receive profits generated by frozen Russian sovereign assets as early as July https://t.co/2wZTpuKbI0 via @bpolitics

The European Union agreed on new sanctions related to the death of the Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny in an Arctic prison last month https://t.co/Eci8fqtOy5 via @bpolitics

Opening its first Arctic office in Greenland, the EU is seeking to secure access to critical raw materials. Read the Brussels Edition https://t.co/Sovnca8EoG via @business

NATO countries must boost their military aid to Ukraine, the head of the alliance urged, as Kyiv’s forces struggle to hold the line against a fresh Russian advance https://t.co/eqmpa6aQft via @bpolitics

The EU gives initial backing to provide €5 billion in military support for Ukraine, after member states reached a compromise to allow purchases from outside the bloc https://t.co/4keblsztUT via @bpolitics

Giorgia Meloni’s government is demanding that a bigger share of investments made by chipmaker STMicroelectronics go to Italy, the latest sign of tension over business ties with France https://t.co/auSyDSwjZL via @technology

The US government wants to seize Russian sovereign assets to help Ukraine fight and support its shattered economy. Some allies are wary of such a move and the precedent it might set https://t.co/RQdLzyZAOX via @bpolitics