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The Brief from Brussels: Croatia eyes euro adoption

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The Brief: Schaueble says 'Auf Wiedersehen' to Eurogroup

German Finance minister bids farewell to his EU colleagues

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Euroviews. View: Juncker’s road map for Europe is leading us off course

An inflationary bubble in Eastern Europe, coupled with the dismantling of border controls, could destabilize the entire EU and create a fresh wave of economic migrants into Central Europe

Italy

Italy’s main opposition parties call for new currency to flank euro

Three of Italy's biggest parties are calling for a dual currency in a bid to appeal to growing anti-euro sentiment

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Economy

Euro rises above $1.20 for first time in over two years

Maybe it's time to schedule that shopping trip to New York: the single currency has hit its strongest level against the dollar in over two years.

Economy

Eurozone's GDP growth outlook rosier, eastern members catching up

G2 GDP growth in the Eurozone was up 0.6%, and with newer eastern members doing better, the economic outlook is set fair.

Economy

Bitcoin worth three times more than gold

Bitcoins are now worth almost three times as much as an ounce of gold after a month of turmoil ending in a 50% rise in value

Germany

Honest passerby hands in 22 gold bars found under a tree

An individual handed over a briefcase containing 22 gold bars and €3,500 to Berlin police after finding it under a tree in the city's Neukölln district.

Europe News

Kohl's death 'hurts deeply' - EU leaders pay tribute

EU leaders have paid tribute to former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who has died at the age of 87.

France

Euroviews. France- Macron's magic wand: View

Why President Macron needs more than electoral good-fortune to recast his country’s economic prospects.

Economy

Talking tactics - eurozone shake-up plan

The Brussels Economic Forum brought together hundreds of business leaders to discuss how to avoid crises in the euro zone.

Economy

Commission suggests eurozone overhaul

The eurozone needs a radical overhaul of the way it works, the European Commission says.

Markets

Oil stabilises, stocks rise on Macron confidence

Oil prices have been on a roller coaster ride from oversupply worries, strong opinion poll numbers for French centrist Macron boosted share prices.

France

Le Pen softens stance on euro

With a week to go until polling day, Marine Le Pen has altered her rhetoric on the common European currency

Economy

ECB says eurozone recovery 'increasingly solid'

European Central Bank policymakers acknowledged the eurozone's economic recovery is becoming stronger but kept stimulus and interest rates unchanged.

Economy

Macron and Le Pen's different economic strategies

Macron favours the euro, free trade and globalisation. Le Pen has described the run-off with Macron as a referendum on "uncontrolled globalisation".

Markets

Investors cautious ahead of too-close-to-call French election

France's CAC40 underperformed other European indexes on Friday with investors cautious ahead of the first round of the presidential election.

Economy

IMF raises growth predictions, frets about protectionism

The International Monetary Fund has raised its global growth forecast for 2017 but warned protectionist policies could undermine the modest recovery.

Real Economy

Nine EU states could still adopt the euro. But why would they?

Euronews examines whether the benefits of Economic and Monetary Union have been overlooked since the eurozone crisis began.

Economy

ECB reboots 50 euro note with tougher security features

The ECB launches a new 50 euro banknote today claiming it will be harder to forge, and says evidence suggests Europe's single currency is proving hard for criminals to corrupt.