The Keel

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  1. Business

    Croatia courts American capital as energy, tech and tourism links deepen

    Croatia is trying to turn a diplomatic relationship with the United States into a more structured commercial corridor. The immediate significance lies less in the forum itself than in the sectors chosen for emphasis:…

    3 min read
  2. Policy

    India uses UN diplomacy to keep Europe engaged on trade, technology and strategic alignment

    India is using the UN gathering to signal that its European relationships are widening beyond political dialogue into a more transactional agenda centred on trade, supply chains and technology cooperation. For European business, the…

    4 min read
  3. Business

    Late-September heat across Europe raises operational and demand risks

    Europe appears set for another spell of weather disruption at a point in the calendar when many firms have already shifted into autumn operating assumptions. That matters less because of headline temperature records than…

    3 min read
  4. Policy

    Von der Leyen's Canada overture raises the cost of transatlantic hedging

    Brussels' support for a closer institutional link with Canada is more than diplomatic theatre. It suggests the EU is looking to reinforce partnerships with stable, like-minded economies at a time when the prospect of…

    4 min read
  5. Business

    Record August heat turns climate risk from disclosure issue into operating reality

    Another record August confirms that climate volatility is becoming a persistent commercial constraint, not a distant policy debate. For European firms, the immediate issue is less reputational than operational: heat disrupts labour productivity, strains…

    4 min read
  6. Policy

    Brussels uses Greenland investment to turn Arctic anxiety into policy leverage

    The immediate story is not the size of the money but the purpose behind it. Brussels is using investment to convert Greenland from a peripheral partner into a test case for a more geopolitical…

    4 min read
  7. Business

    Volkswagen's German retrenchment signals a harsher era for Europe's car industry

    Volkswagen's planned cuts mark more than another restructuring. They show that one of Europe's industrial anchors now accepts that its domestic cost base and product complexity are misaligned with a market shaped by cheaper…

    4 min read
  8. Policy

    Ceuta unrest sharpens pressure on Spain's border governance and EU migration credibility

    The demonstrations over Ceuta mark more than a dispute about one border incident. They expose how quickly pressure at a geographically small frontier can escalate into a national argument about state capacity, burden-sharing and…

    4 min read
  9. Business

    ECB pushes tokenised finance from pilot rhetoric to market infrastructure

    Europe's tokenisation debate is entering an operational phase. Cipollone's intervention suggests the ECB no longer sees tokenised finance as a niche innovation issue, but as part of the future plumbing of European capital markets.…

    4 min read
  10. Policy

    Ireland's budget warning exposes a softer edge in the EU's fiscal regime

    Ireland's pre-Budget debate has shifted from whether there is money to spend to whether the state is building a structurally looser fiscal path under the cover of strong revenues. That matters beyond Dublin: if…

    4 min read