Now playing Next Europe News Europe's recovery must focus on investment, says ECB chief Christine Lagarde told European lawmakers on Monday that the recovery from the pandemic needs to focus on investment. 08/02/2021
Now playing Next Economy Coronavirus downturn helps accelerate move to green economy, says ECB "The fact we have this downturn does create some room for accelerating what needed to happen anyway: the green deal and digitisation," said the ECB's chief economist Philip Lane. 21/10/2020
Now playing Next Economy Europe's recovery uncertain amid COVID-19 second wave, says ECB chief "The second wave of the epidemic in Europe, particularly in France, and the new restrictive measures that accompany it add to [the] uncertainty," said Christine Lagarde, head of the European Central Bank. 19/10/2020
Now playing Next Money A digital euro? ECB assessing safe alternatives to cryptocurrencies According to the central bank, some 79 per cent of all euro area payments at points of sale are still cash transactions, amounting to more than half of the total value of all payments. 02/10/2020
Now playing Next Economy ECB nearly doubles stimulus programme to tackle virus economic fallout As the ECB pumps more money into the Eurozone economy to prop up businesses with cheap credit, President Christine Lagarde warns that the speed and scale of the recovery are "highly uncertain". 05/06/2020
Now playing Next Europe News Counting coronavirus funds: a look at EU's plans for the recovery Ahead of Commission's announcement on the recovery fund and EU budget to fight the economic fallout of the pandemic, we look at what the EU has put forward so far to help European countries rebound from the crisis. 26/05/2020
Now playing Next Germany Euroviews. The German Constitutional Court struck a blow to EU integration. This is how we can save it ǀ View In a single decision, the German Constitutional Court struck two blows at the heart of European integration: its common currency and the primacy of EU law. The next weeks will tell us whether it will lead to disintegration or further integration. 20/05/2020
Now playing Next Germany Euroviews. Germany’s Constitutional Court has gone nuclear. What happens next will shape the EU’s future ǀ View The BVerfG has blown up more than 60 years of loyal dialogue with Luxembourg and has profoundly eroded the authority of the EU’s highest jurisdiction. This comes at a particularly sensitive time. 15/05/2020
Now playing Next Europe News EU to evaluate possible infringement proceedings against Germany Government bond-buying is at the centre of a complex legal row, bringing national and federal justice into the spotlight. 08/05/2020
Now playing Next world news ECB's Lagarde warns coronavirus is fueling economic uncertainty ECB's Chief Christine Lagarde says the coronavirus "adds a new layer of uncertainty" in an already fragile global economy 05/02/2020
Now playing Next Economy The work to stabilise the eurozone isn’t over. Reforms are necessary to avoid the abyss again ǀ View Giving the EU its own resources is the only way to overcome country divisions on EU spending from national budgets. 02/12/2019
Now playing Next Business First protest for the ECB New President Protestors said they want the bond-buying policy to be more transparent and to go in another direction, which is to set climate-oriented goals. 01/11/2019
Now playing Next Business Mario Draghi's final ECB meeting Mario Draghi's final assessment on the state of the eurozone economy. 25/10/2019
Now playing Next Business Christine Lagarde gets European Parliament approval as next ECB chief With 394 MEPs in favour and 206 against Christine Lagarde won the European Parliament approval to lead the European Central Bank. 17/09/2019
Now playing Next Business ECB chief Mario Draghi pledges indefinite stimulus to revive Eurozone Seven years ago, in the very midst of the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis, Mario Draghi promised to do "whatever it takes" to preserve the euro. He now adds one more vow - to do it for as long as necessary. 12/09/2019
Now playing Next state of the union Brexit brinkmanship, new old faces and remembering WW2 in Brussels For those of you who love to follow the Brexit drama, this week couldn't have been more gripping.Also this week, the hearings with the nominees for the EU top jobs began with arguably the most prominent candidate: Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF. That's in this edition of State of the Union. 06/09/2019
Now playing Next Economy The Brief: Lagarde's route to the ECB We look back at Christine Lagarde's career trajectory from French Minister to IMF chief and the issues that follow her heading into her next role. 04/09/2019
Now playing Next Economy Need a cheap mortgage rate? Try this Danish bank - it's less than 0% Borrowers will be able to secure a -0.5% interest rate over 10 years. 14/08/2019
Now playing Next Business Europe’s economy is slowing down According to the preliminary Eurostat data Eurozone GDP grew 0.2% quarter-on-quarter in the April-June period, down from 0.4% in the previous three months. 31/07/2019
Now playing Next Business ECB paves way for more stimulus in September The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at the meeting in Frankfurt with the main refinancing rate remaining at zero and the deposit rate at minus 0.4%. 25/07/2019