ECB Chief Urges More EU Integration

ECB’s Lagarde Sees Europe Under Growing Trade Threat
The European Union faces growing threats to its trade with other parts of the world, and must respond by deepening its capital markets to finance innovation and increased productivity, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said.
Trade war could leave Europe in recession with high inflation, ECB policymaker warns
Europe will suffer in case of a fresh trade war with the United States, and could face a recession coupled with high inflation, Cypriot central bank Governor Christodoulos Patsalides said on Thursday.
ECB Chief Urges More EU Integration As Threats Grow
ECB chief Christine Lagarde on Friday stepped up calls for greater financial integration in Europe, warning of threats to free trade and of a growing gap with the United States.
ECB's Lagarde: Europe is falling behind in innovation and productivity compared to the US
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that Europe should pool its resources in areas like defense and climate as its productivity growth falters and the world fragments into rival blocs, per Bloomberg.
ECB Warns of 'Sizeable' Hit to Growth From a Trade War
Inflation has fallen rapidly in recent months and the ECB said in October it now expects it to oscillate around the 2% target in the coming months. It could then settle at the target in the first half of the 2025, earlier than the ECB last predicted.
Europe Must Not Be ‘Unprepared’ For Trade War, ECB’s Rehn Says
Higher barriers to trade would have a negative impact on the global economy, and Europe must be prepared for increased tensions, Bank of Finland Governor Olli Rehn said.
Trrump and Europe: ECB policymakers say EU must complete shelved projects to tackle threat
Some of the European Central Bank's most influential policymakers urged the European Union on Friday to resurrect ...
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ECB's Lagarde renews integration call as trade war looms
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has renewed her call for economic integration across Europe, arguing that ...
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ECB’s Patsalides Sees Stagflationary Risk After Trump Return
Europe may end up in a recession but with elevated inflation, should US President-elect Donald Trump impose the trade ...
ECB policymaker says Trump tariff hikes won't shift Europe's inflation outlook
Tariff hikes under the new Trump administration do not shift the inflation outlook in Europe, ECB policymaker Francois ...
Lagarde Urges Europe to Pool Resources for Shared Priorities
Europe should pool its resources in areas like defense and climate as its productivity growth falters and the world fragments ...