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Germany finds itself ill-suited to serve the energy needs of industrial giants like BASF SE over the longer term.Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg

Charting the global economy: European growth exceeds projections

Here are some of the charts that appeared on Bloomberg this week on the latest developments in the global economy, geopolitics and markets

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech on Europe next to slogans reading 'A powerful Europe' and 'A Europe that controls its borders' in the amphitheatre of the Sorbonne University in Paris, France, 25 April 2024. Photo: Reuters

'Europe could die': Macron urges stronger defences, economic reforms

A symphony of light consisting of bars, lines and circles in blue and yellow, the colours of the European Union, illuminates the south facade of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, December 30, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

ECB holds rates at record highs, signals upcoming cut

Ukrainian service members fire a L119 howitzer towards Russian troops near the front line town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine December 21, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

Ukraine parliament passes bill overhauling mobilisation rules

Rescued refugees and migrants stand aboard a boat at the town of Paleochora, southwestern Crete island on November 22, 2022, following a rescue operation. Photo: Costas METAXAKIS / AFP

EU parliament adopts sweeping asylum reform

]Rosmarie Wyder-Walti and Anne Mahrer, of the Swiss elderly women group Senior Women for Climate Protection, attend the hearing of the court for the ruling in the climate case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland, at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg,, France April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartman

Swiss women win landmark climate victory at human rights court

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Equinor's Johan Sverdrup oilfield platforms in the North Sea, Norway, December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

European states sign pledge to protect North Sea infrastructure

A female supporter smiles while holding a banner in support of the Senior Women for Climate Protection in front of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Emma Farge/File Photo

How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation

View of the Colosseum dungeons which have been restored in a multi-million euro project sponsored by fashion group Tod's in Rome, Italy, June 24 2021. Picture taken June 24 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Will Italy replace Germany as Europe's economic powerhouse?

Various conflicts like the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have destabilised Europe’s stable food supply chain. Photo: Bloomberg

Europe is wargaming a food crisis

From drachma to the dollar: Common currency conundrum

From drachma to the dollar: Common currency conundrum

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly, in Moscow, Russia, February 29, 2024. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Putin warns West of risk of nuclear war, says Moscow can strike Western targets

Migrants leave the arrival center for asylum seekers at Berlin's Reinickendorf district, Germany, 6 October 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

Asylum applications in EU at highest level since 2015/16 crisis