Italy’s PM Giuseppe Conte survives crunch confidence vote

Weakened coalition now faces an uphill battle to pass meaningful economic reforms

EU states struggle to co-ordinate easing restraints for Christmas

Governments predict ‘sober Christmas’ with restaurants, bars shut but small gatherings allowed

ECB ‘should wipe Covid crisis debt’ to help nations recover

Italian official Riccardo Fraccaro backs move to support member states

European shares hit five-week high on rebound optimism

FTSE 100 ends lower as UK prime minister sets out more restrictions

London Stock Exchange to sell Borsa Italiana to Euronext for €4.3bn

Deal could bring LSE a step closer to approval for $27bn purchase of Refinitiv

Italy’s artisan luxury suppliers fear Covid-19 will finish them

Italian fashion is mostly comprised of small companies and they are struggling

European stocks end higher on tech boost, stimulus hopes

German government agrees on extension of coronavirus relief

Italy threatens Ryanair flight ban for alleged Covid-19 violations

Airline says it is complying fully with anti-virus measures

European shares hit by renewed coronavirus fears

Financials slide on Iseq over bearish outlook while tech stocks push Wall Street higher

Global co-operation needed for universal access to Covid-19 vaccine – UN director

‘Universal access to health is the first key lesson to be taken from this major pandemic’

German court ruling may mark the turning point towards EU’s disintegration

Martin Wolf: For future historians the German ruling on ECB may be a decisive turning point in Europe’s history

Advertising tax credit could make tomorrow’s bread today

You might not have to take the horse to France to get consumers to spend again

EU summit: The players, proposals and what’s at stake

Video conference aimed at bridging divisions over bloc’s financial response to pandemic

Why the ECB needs to focus on fixing Italy

Italy has long been a bellwether for wider fears over the future of the euro zone

EU haggling over Covid-19 deal revives bad memories of crash response

‘Memorandum of understanding’ mentioned by Dutch minister is a toxic term in Greece

Coronavirus: Oxygen equipment meant for Ireland held back by Italy

Supplier cites recent Italian law that domestic need take precedence over exports

EU faces a huge challenge just as states cannot meet to co-ordinate a reaction

Covid-19 threatens to undermine the very foundations of the EU – freedom of movement and free movement of goods

‘Out of his depth’: World leaders battle coronavirus with mixed results

Italy’s PM Giuseppe Conte rises to occasion but others struggle to reassure fearful public

ESRI warns of recession if outbreak lasts more than three months

‘We’re looking at zero or even negative growth for the year’ if lockdown persists

Covid-19 wreaks havoc on markets as authorities struggle to keep up

Up to 30,000 job losses expected in Ireland’s tourism sector amid fears of global recession

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