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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Assessment of EU banking sector competitiveness and financial market integration will evaluate whether prudential and supervisory…
Headline HICP (y/y): 3.3%. Euro area annual inflation (flash estimate): 3.3% in August 2026, up from 2.9% in July.
Policy decision: the MPC held Bank Rate at 3.75%.. The headline figure is 3.75%, unchanged from 3.75% in the previous release.
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…
Competitiveness Council will negotiate single-market, industrial-policy, energy-security, and critical-supply-chain compromises;…
Industrial production m/m (SA): -0.1%. Euro area industrial production: -0.1% m/m in July 2026 (vs June), seasonally adjusted.
Euro area balance: surplus €14.2 billion. The headline figure is EUR 14.2 billion, up EUR 5.6 billion from EUR 8.6 billion in the previous release.
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,…