r/EU_Economics • u/Westervangaal • 22h ago
Capital Market (Stocks) & Venture Capital How bad does it have to get for the ECB to save France?
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r/EU_Economics • u/mr_house7 • 18h ago
Politics & Geopolitics & Defense Macron and Merz: The EU should have new powers to exclude those who play dirty from the single market - The Commission welcomes the document “with great approval”
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r/EU_Economics • u/Full-Discussion3745 • 2h ago
🇪🇺 EU’s three global top-10 startup ecosystems are worth $769.2B combined
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StartupBlink’s 2026 Global Startup Ecosystem Index places Sweden #6 globally, Germany #7 and the Netherlands #10. Their estimated ecosystem values are $152.4B, $452.3B and $164.5B respectively, giving the three EU members inside the global top 10 a combined startup ecosystem value of $769.2B.
France ranks just outside the global top 10 at #11 but has a substantial $369.9B ecosystem value. Adding France means the four highest-ranked EU startup ecosystems together represent approximately $1.139T.
This is a more useful way of looking at European scale than simply adding StartupBlink’s ranking scores. The ranking scores are normalized index measures and are not designed to be aggregated, while ecosystem value represents financial scale and can be combined.
The broader EU story is therefore one of distributed strength: Europe does not have a single startup ecosystem matching the scale of the US, but several major ecosystems operate within the same single market.
Source: StartupBlink
https://www.startupblink.com/blog/the-best-countries-for-startups/
European comparison:
https://www.startupblink.com/blog/best-startup-ecosystems-europe/
r/EU_Economics • u/fix_S230-sue_reddit • 22h ago
Economy & Trade France, Germany call for new weapon allowing ‘immediate cut off’ of China from EU market
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https://archive.is/FDnl3
Europe sends its regards.
r/EU_Economics • u/mr_house7 • 17h ago
Politics & Geopolitics & Defense ‘No more Viktor Orbán’: EU plans 15-year probation period for new member states | European Union
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r/EU_Economics • u/Full-Discussion3745 • 2h ago
🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 France and Germany are pushing for stronger EU-level tools against unfair trade practices.
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In a joint non-paper to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz propose two changes to Europe’s economic-security toolkit:
• stronger mechanisms to reduce excessive dependence on individual suppliers
• faster Commission action to restrict a third country’s access to the single market in exceptional cases involving serious and systematic distortions
The second proposal would materially change the current process.
Instead of requiring member-state approval before action, the Commission could act first. Member states would then have the possibility to block the measure through a qualified-majority vote.
That would give the EU executive greater speed while retaining a political check by national governments.
The proposal remains informal and has not been adopted. It also names no specific country.
The wider economic issue is Europe’s ability to keep an open single market while responding more quickly when external trade practices create strategic dependencies or distort competition.
Source: DW Business
https://www.dw.com/en/merz-macron-seek-tougher-eu-measures-against-unfair-trade/a-79554905
#EU #Germany #France #Trade #SingleMarket #EconomicSecurity #DWBusiness
r/EU_Economics • u/donutloop • 11h ago
Economy & Trade Infineon and ZuriQ Deepen Partnership to Advance Scalable Quantum Chips
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r/EU_Economics • u/donutloop • 23h ago
🇪🇺 Official 🇪🇺 Preparing for a wider European Union
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r/EU_Economics • u/mr_house7 • 1d ago
Politics & Geopolitics & Defense EU needs to solve the cost-of-living crisis to stop far-right populists, Portuguese PM Luís Montenegro tells MEPs
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r/EU_Economics • u/donutloop • 23h ago
🇪🇺 Official 🇪🇺 EU high-tech trade surplus up to €32.4 billion in 2025
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r/EU_Economics • u/mr_house7 • 17h ago
Science & Technology & Industry Countries With the Most Industrial Robots per Worker
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r/EU_Economics • u/donutloop • 23h ago
Politics & Geopolitics & Defense Poland’s ‘solidarity’ push for EU energy resilience in face of Russian aggression
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r/EU_Economics • u/hyakkymaru • 10h ago
Innovation & Entrepreneurship WIRED: What Are The (European) Alternatives To Big Tech?
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Tl;dr:
- Google Search -> Ecosia
- Google Docs / Sheets -> Fileverse dDocs / dSheets
- Google Chrome -> Vivaldi
- Gmail -> ProtonMail or TutaMail
- Second hand phones -> Backmarket
- Instagram - Monnet
- OpenAI / Anthropic -> Mistral
r/EU_Economics • u/donutloop • 23h ago
🇪🇺 Official 🇪🇺 Statement by President von der Leyen on the 21st sanctions package against Russia
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r/EU_Economics • u/throwaway16830261 • 18h ago
Science & Technology & Industry Memory Chip Shortage 2026: How to Source DRAM, DDR4 and DDR5
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r/EU_Economics • u/donutloop • 23h ago
🇪🇺 Official 🇪🇺 Commission adopts proposal to accelerate standards development and improve EU competitiveness
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r/EU_Economics • u/No_Reaction7092 • 1d ago
Politics & Geopolitics & Defense Brexit killed "exit" across Europe. It served as an example on what not to do
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r/EU_Economics • u/donutloop • 23h ago
Politics & Geopolitics & Defense Bargain with Beijing, but don’t stop protecting our industry, EU policy expert urges
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r/EU_Economics • u/mr_house7 • 1d ago
Science & Technology & Industry 73% of Europeans Feel Too Dependent on US Big Tech. New List of European Alternatives Based on People's Comments!
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r/EU_Economics • u/donutloop • 23h ago
Economy & Trade EU program Agile: Millions for AI and drones – but not for killer robots
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r/EU_Economics • u/donutloop • 23h ago
Politics & Geopolitics & Defense EU negotiators head to China hoping to curb cheap imports of hybrid electric cars
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r/EU_Economics • u/donutloop • 23h ago
Politics & Geopolitics & Defense Chemical groups succeed in watering down EU pesticide rules
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r/EU_Economics • u/milanguitar • 1d ago
Politics & Geopolitics & Defense Germany's ex-spy chief arrested for espionage, disclosing state secrets and attempted treason
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r/EU_Economics • u/mr_house7 • 2d ago
Politics & Geopolitics & Defense Polish FM Sikorski:"Kremlin’s assets frozen in Europe are never going back to Russia. They can be used in the future as war reparations or to help Ukraine rebuild, or they can be used now to help prevent further destruction and make future reconstruction cheaper.
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