A sourced calendar of scheduled geopolitical and geo-economic events that matter for Europe: monetary policy, trade actions, EU institutions, macro releases and tech reporting dates.
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Eurogroup will signal fiscal-rule stance on Ukraine financing and frame competitiveness investment as budget vs. state-aid,…
An SPD-led eastern state where the AfD leads the polls and where the Nord Stream pipelines come ashore, so the campaign is as…
The capital’s election is the most-covered state vote in Germany and the one most read as a verdict on the federal coalition,…
General Affairs Council will finalize draft European Council conclusions on enlargement, rule-of-law, and sanctions/Ukraine…
UNGA high-level week concentrates diplomatic signaling on wars, sanctions, climate finance, debt, development and the global…
A ruling upholding or annulling the Council's listing of Belaz (Belarusian state vehicle manufacturer) will test the durability…
A ruling upholding or annulling the Council's listing of MAZ (Belarusian state vehicle manufacturer) will test the durability of…
Meta Connect is a marker for the company’s AI, wearables, mixed-reality and platform strategy, with direct implications for EU…
Member-state positions on industrial policy, trade defence, and supply-chain resilience will signal whether the EU prioritizes…
Policy decision: the MPC held Bank Rate at 3.75%.. The headline figure is 3.75%, unchanged from 3.75% in the previous release.
Headline HICP (y/y): 3.3%. Euro area annual inflation (flash estimate): 3.3% in August 2026, up from 2.9% in July.
Industrial production m/m (SA): -0.1%. Euro area industrial production: -0.1% m/m in July 2026 (vs June), seasonally adjusted.
Ministers will negotiate EU sanctions posture toward Russia, Ukraine military support levels, and defence-industrial…
A judgment on Iran Shipping Lines' challenge to its EU sanctions listing will test whether the Council's designation of the…
A ruling upholding or annulling the Council's restrictive measures against Yanukovych will test the durability of EU sanctions…
GDP reporting is a macro signal for demand, fiscal space, industrial pressure and central-bank reaction functions.
The official PMI is the first monthly read on Chinese factory activity, and China is both the demand side for European machinery,…