In brief | 17 February '25

Jacques Delors Centre: One month into Trump: Europe’s hour

• New U.S. president means dangers for rest of the world by demolishing rules-based international system, disdain for environment.
• Building defensive and dissuasive strategy now an existential issue for EU.

Reuters: German voters demand change as Europe's biggest economy stalls

High energy costs have hurt manufacturers post-Ukraine war as debt brake limits infrastructure, education investment.

Valentin Kreilinger: What will make-or-break Friedrich Merz’ coalition options?

Reseacher explores scenarios to illustrate how the 630 seats in Germnay's parliament could be distributed.

AP: Major test case for new geothermal technology launches in small German town

Next generation of geothermal companies is trying to succeed where previous efforts failed.

FT: U.S. and European energy groups at risk from uranium supply crunch

Kazakhstan, the world’s biggest producer of the metal used to power nuclear reactors, sells more to Russia and China.