By Karsten Grabow Preliminary result Despite severe losses the two Christian democratic parties attained important strategic goals. They remained as the strongest political forces in Germany. There is no winning coalition without them possible and Angela Merkel will be Germany’s next chancellor. The Social democrats lost more than five percentage points and gained 20.5 per cent of the votes. This is the worst result the Social democrats got in an election since the foundation of the Federal Republic. Immediately after election, SPD...

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For now, we have some key details on the agenda of October's upcoming Council meeting in Brussels. The agenda is full - and the Council has released a few details, shown below: Place:           Europa building, Brussels Chair:           Matti Maasikas, Deputy Minister for European Affairs of Estonia  All times are approximate and subject to change from 08.30    Arrivals (live streaming)  +/- 08.55       Doorstep by Deputy Minister Matti Maasikas  +/- 10.00       Beginning of Council meeting (Roundtable) Adoption of legislative A items (public session) Presentation of the priorities...

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By Maurice Marchand-Tonel | Chairman | EACC Paris If you already do business in Europe and successfully so, do skip this vignette. If you are in a B to B space, just skim through this. If, however, you are in a B to C business with a goal of conquering Europe with your unique products that your US consumers love so much, let’s just throw in a couple basic remarks. IF you are in a B to C business with a...

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Remarks by Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB: Ladies and gentleman, As this successful conference draws to an end, I wish to extend a warm thank you to all participants, for collaborating with this ECB research initiative, which has been very fruitful. In my concluding remarks, I will discuss a few issues raised during the conference. Understanding inflation dynamics is especially important today due to the surprisingly low inflation levels prevailing in many countries. Moreover, there is evidence suggesting that in some...

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