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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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…
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…
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…
Euro-area HICP inflation is the ECB’s target variable — the release most directly shaping rate expectations, real incomes and the…
The release is a prompt to inspect critical-tech import and export flows for early signs of dependency, diversion, oversupply or…
GDP reporting is a macro signal for demand, fiscal space, industrial pressure and central-bank reaction functions.
A European GTC gives policymakers a live read on AI infrastructure, sovereign-compute offers, industrial AI adoption and…
A challenge to an EU sanctions listing by a named individual tests whether the Council's restrictive measures designation can…