Link Securities | As part of the conclusions of the European investigation into China’s anti-competitive subsidies, the European Commission (EC) has revised tariffs on Chinese car imports downwards, after gaining a clearer picture of the support enjoyed by China’s car industry, according to Expansión newspaper on Tuesday. In this sense, the EC said yesterday that it considers that Chinese manufacturers enjoy an “unfair” advantage because of the subsidies they receive...

Banca March | Following the arrival in power of Labour’s Keir Starmer, the EU is once again demanding that the United Kingdom fully implement the Brexit agreement for Northern Ireland, as well as respecting the rights of EU citizens with a view to improving relations with its European partners. Thus, the EU’s list of demands to the UK includes the implementation of the agreement designed for Northern Ireland – permanence...

Banca March: Emmanuel Macron has announced that he will not appoint a prime minister until the end of August, once the Olympic Games are over. The French president declared that ‘until mid-August we must focus on the Olympics’. He also indicated that after that time and depending on the progress of the negotiations, it will be his responsibility to choose a prime minister and entrust him with the task of...

The first round of the French legislative elections saw the unprecedented rise of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party with 33.5% of the vote. The left, grouped in the New Popular Front, would win 28%. And President Macron’s party, Together for the Republic, would be left with 21%. The traditional right-wing Republicans won 10% in an election marked by a high turnout. According to polling institutes, it surpassed the 60%...

Banca March : Charles Michael, the current President of the Council, is standing as a candidate in the European Parliament elections in June. If elected, he would have to resign before being sworn in as an MEP on 16 July, bringing his term of office to an end more than four months early. If no replacement were to be found, the Hungarian prime minister would be able to act as...

Banca March| German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, Germany’s finance minister and a member of the Green party, is proposing restrictions on sectors where Chinese influence could pose a threat to Western economic security. These include semiconductors, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. These measures are framed in a context of debate and criticism of China’s geopolitical situation; authoritarianism in the country, military threats against Taiwan and ties with Russia. On the...