Europe Intelligence Brief — Monday, May 25, 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, 2026Europe is where the old industrial order is being reordered – by an energy shock, a two-speed split between a sunlit south and an open north, trade friction and a shifting security map from Ukraine to the UK. The Rio Times covers Europe for the emerging-market reader: the economies, markets, energy transition, trade and politics that move global capital and set the terms Latin America trades on. This hub gathers our daily Europe coverage and links it to the wider Global South story.
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
The Dow set a record close at 50,285.66 even as the Philly Fed manufacturing index collapsed to -0.4 (consensus 17.6)...
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
Oil crashed 5.7% after President Trump said Iran negotiations are in "final stages" and three supertankers left the Strait of...
May 21, 2026
Stellantis unveils a strategy to share idle European plants with Chinese carmakers, a shift with stakes for South America, where...
May 20, 2026
Sabadell, Bankinter and 23 more banks joined Qivalis, lifting it to 37 lenders building a euro stablecoin to challenge global...
May 20, 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
Europe intelligence brief covers UK CPI falling to 2.8%, Merz rejecting eurobonds, French debt strain, eurozone 3.0% inflation, Italy-Spain spreads.
May 20, 2026