Europe Intelligence Brief — Monday, June 1, 2026
HCOB eurozone manufacturing PMI held at 51.6 in May as input prices surged to a 4-year high. Germany crossed 50.1,...
June 1, 2026Europe’s energy shock – the scramble for gas, the race to renewables, the grid and the green transition – has reordered its industry and its politics. The Rio Times covers the energy deals, prices, policy and transition finance reshaping the continent, and the commodity and capital flows that link it to Latin America.
HCOB eurozone manufacturing PMI held at 51.6 in May as input prices surged to a 4-year high. Germany crossed 50.1,...
June 1, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief for Friday: German inflation drops sharply to 2.6% on the Tankrabatt; French Q1 GDP revised to -0.1%...
May 29, 2026
Europe finance brief: ECB board member Schnabel says a June rate hike is necessary as inflation heads toward 4%, eurozone...
May 28, 2026
Europe finance brief: money markets now price an ECB rate hike against a data-dependent hold, overnight Ukrainian strikes hit a...
May 27, 2026
Europe intelligence brief covers Russia's systematic Kyiv strike warning, the UK's new A7 sanctions package, the EU General Affairs Council's...
May 26, 2026
Europe intelligence brief covers Merz's Ukraine associate-membership plan, Lithuania's data leak, Germany's DAX, Spain's Sánchez, the EU-Meta DSA case.
May 25, 2026
Europe intelligence brief covers Trump's NATO troop reversal, Germany Q1 GDP, UK retail collapse, Ukraine drone strikes, ECB global-euro track,...
May 22, 2026
Europe intelligence brief covers NATO's US-withdrawal summit, France's PMI collapse, eurozone contraction, EU steel safeguards, Germany and UK data.
May 21, 2026
The EU has shortlisted tungsten, rare earths and gallium for its first joint critical-minerals stockpile to curb China. What it...
May 20, 2026