e Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron urged European Union leaders to work together to protect living standards and called for financial penalties for those who refuse to play ball. With 27 countries meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden, as Angela Merkel tries to broker a coalition agreement at home in Berlin, Macron said that some members have taken advantage of subsidies from ...

Bloomberg Talks aimed at paving the way for German Chancellor Angela Merkel to unite four parties into her next governing coalition were on a knife’s edge as the clock ticked toward a deadline to avert a political crisis in Europe’s biggest economy. Four hours into the latest round in Berlin, there was little sign an agreement was imminent and even ...

Bloomberg The French government’s spokesman, Christophe Casta- ner, took the helm of Emmanuel Macron’s party, after an election in Lyon. The election of Castaner, a junior minister in charge of relations with parliament, could trigger a cabinet reshuffle. His new party role is seen as mostly honorary, as Macron — who created La Republique en Marche in April 2016 as ...