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France Adopts 2026 Budget Despite Two No-Confidence Votes Economy

France Adopts 2026 Budget Despite Two No-Confidence Votes

The French Parliament definitively adopted the 2026 budget on February 2nd, after rejecting two motions of no confidence. The public deficit is projec...

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AfD Gains Ground: Merz Coalition Under Pressure in Super Election Year Culture

AfD Gains Ground: Merz Coalition Under Pressure in Super Election Year

The Greens narrowly won the state election in Baden-Württemberg ahead of the CDU, while the AfD nearly doubled its share of the vote. Chancellor Fried...

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Europe's Property Market Rebounds as Investors Return Living & Furniture

Europe's Property Market Rebounds as Investors Return

European real estate is entering a new investment cycle in spring 2026, with rental prices growing 3–5% annually, investor volumes rising, and living...

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Nawrocki vs. Tusk: Clash over €44 Billion for Defence Economy

Nawrocki vs. Tusk: Clash over €44 Billion for Defence

President Karol Nawrocki has refused to sign a law on a loan from the EU's SAFE program and proposed his own defence fund financed by NBP profits. The...

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Friendship Pipeline Crisis: IEA Record Means Little to Budapest Economy

Friendship Pipeline Crisis: IEA Record Means Little to Budapest

The International Energy Agency's historic oil release relies on maritime shipments, precisely where Hungary and Slovakia cannot benefit. The Friendsh...

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EU Sidesteps Fico: Kyiv to Receive €30 Billion Bilaterally Economy

EU Sidesteps Fico: Kyiv to Receive €30 Billion Bilaterally

Nordic and Baltic EU countries have agreed on bilateral loans for Ukraine totaling €30 billion, bypassing the veto of Slovakia and Hungary on a joint...

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BW Election: Greens Win, Özdemir to Become Premier Culture

BW Election: Greens Win, Özdemir to Become Premier

The Green party narrowly won the state election in Baden-Württemberg on March 8, 2026, with 30.2 percent, just ahead of the CDU. Cem Özdemir will make...

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Europe's Rents to Rise 3–4% in 2026 as Construction Lags Living & Furniture

Europe's Rents to Rise 3–4% in 2026 as Construction Lags

CBRE's European Real Estate Market Outlook 2026 forecasts residential rents rising 3–4% across the continent, driven by acute housing shortages in Spa...

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Fidesz Wins in Kazincbarcika Ahead of April 12 Elections Culture

Fidesz Wins in Kazincbarcika Ahead of April 12 Elections

Attila Kaló, the Fidesz-KDNP candidate, won the Kazincbarcika by-election on March 8, securing a mandate in the former opposition stronghold after 16...

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Fico Blocks EU Loan to Ukraine, Demands Druzhba Pipeline Reopening Economy

Fico Blocks EU Loan to Ukraine, Demands Druzhba Pipeline Reopening

Following a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen in Paris, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico confirmed that Bratislava will block the EU's €90 billion ba...

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2026 Municipal Elections: The Battle for Paris Intensifies Culture

2026 Municipal Elections: The Battle for Paris Intensifies

With four days until the first round, the Paris mayoral race is shaping up to be the most closely watched contest in the French municipal elections, w...

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Europe's Housing Crisis: Middle Class Priced Out Living & Furniture

Europe's Housing Crisis: Middle Class Priced Out

A chronic shortage of affordable homes is shutting middle-income households out of ownership markets across Europe's major cities, as underbuilding, s...

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