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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A direct challenge to a Council sanctions listing by a named party tests whether the EU's restrictive measures designation…
Evaluation of whether the EU's autonomous tariff suspension and quota scheme remains fit-for-purpose will inform future trade…
Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and Commerce Minister Wang Wentao hold the second meeting of the EU-China Trade and Investment…
German trade figures are an early stress signal for European industrial demand, China exposure, U.S. tariff effects and…
Czechia is a mid-sized manufacturing economy and a swing voice between hawkish eastern-flank security politics and more…
The member states’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper II) meet on a Sunday, two days after the Beijing trade talks end, and EU-China…
This Council adopts the EU’s negotiating mandate for COP31 and carries the Irish presidency’s ETS-revision and 2040-target…
The autumn IMF/World Bank meetings set the global backdrop for EU fiscal and financial policy — growth and debt outlooks, IMF…
The Irish Presidency wants a common understanding on the Digital Networks Act, the proposal that would rewrite EU telecoms rules,…
Large U.S. tech reporting is now a geopolitical signal: AI capex, data-center energy demand, cloud concentration, China exposure,…
European affairs ministers settle the draft conclusions for the European Council two days later, and hold a debate on the…
The Tripartite Social Summit takes place on 14 October 2026 in Brussels.
Large U.S. tech reporting is now a geopolitical signal: AI capex, data-center energy demand, cloud concentration, China exposure,…
US CPI is the single print that most moves Fed expectations — and with them the dollar, global yields and the ECB’s…
The release is a prompt to inspect critical-tech import and export flows for early signs of dependency, diversion, oversupply or…
Trade balance: -$105.6 billion. The headline figure is $105.6 billion, up $17 billion from $88.6 billion in the previous release.
The Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE) concluded the total count of votes from Brazil's 2026 presidential election first round on the early morning of…
EU leaders meet in Brussels on competitiveness, Ukraine, the 2028-2034 budget, the Middle East, defence and security, migration,…
A ruling will determine whether Pumpyanskaya's challenge to her EU sanctions listing survives appellate review, testing the…
Evaluation of EU dual-use export controls will determine whether current rules adequately address emerging geopolitical threats…
A ruling on ByteDance's appeal of a Commission decision will clarify the scope of EU executive power to restrict or condition the…
Euro-area industrial production is a direct read on the health of European manufacturing — the sector most exposed to energy…