Daring or delusional? Starmer seeks to woo Europe with talk of new Brexit deal

Labour leader to meet Emmanuel Macron amid his international tour to test appetite for closer ties to EU

European governments shrinking railways in favour of road-building, report finds

Rail networks in most countries have been starved of funding while motorways lengthen, study shows

Key ‘Bidenomics’ architect calls for spending ‘race to the top’ on green tech

Biden adviser Heather Boushey urges UK and Europe to increase climate friendly investment to reboot growth

Only taxing and spending can repair the damage of Brexit. Who will tell Labour?

Corbyn was lukewarm on Europe. Starmer will not go for re-entry. Blair wants fiscal restraint. When will the party learn?

TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts

Irish data regulator says platform put 13- to 17-year-old users’ accounts on default public setting, among other breaches

EU moves to cut dependency on China for battery and solar panel materials

Parliament votes to cut mining red tape and diversify its supplies of raw materials such as lithium and silicon

Sluggish eurozone economies will not welcome ECB’s interest rate rise

Weak consumer spending as, people – especially in Germany, the EU’s largest economy – put more into savings

ECB raises interest rates to highest level since euro launched

Central bank’s president hints this may be the peak for rates in drive to bring down stubborn inflation

New UK banks’ post-Brexit investment only one third of lost EU funds

Exclusive: Thinktank says replacements for European Investment Bank have backed ‘fewer, smaller and lower-risk projects’

Elon Musk is a lesson in the dangers of unchecked corporate leaders

When rich people convince themselves that they’re rich because they’re smart – instead of lucky and ruthless – they misapply their talents to areas beyond their expertise

German economy ‘will shrink this year as part of eurozone slowdown’

European Commission forecasts 0.4% contraction for country amid high inflation

Post-Brexit shift in immigration may mean higher wages and more self-sufficient UK economy

Sunak faces headache over India trade deal as upheaval continues in handling overseas labour

Wegovy: the slimming drug that keeps Denmark’s economy growing

Novo Nordisk, the maker of the blockbuster obesity injection, has singlehandedly saved the country from recession

‘Be very afraid’: what I learned from a 26-hour Ryanair delay

The Guardian’s former money editor endured two days of misery after he and others were bumped off an overbooked flight

British American Tobacco to end sales in Russia within a month

London-based company says it has agreed to sell Russian and Belarusian businesses, 18 months after initial decision to withdraw