In Valencia, Europe's currently heaviest party group is meeting – the conservative and Christian democratic EPP. Amidst shaky peace negotiations for Ukraine and customs chaos. The world is changing before our eyes and Europe is no exception, says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (The Moderate Party) in his speech at the congress.
Swedish politicsThe Swedish power grid is robust. But it is no guarantee that we cannot be affected by a nationwide power outage like the one in Spain. If a major fault occurs, there is a risk that it will have consequences like in Spain, says Erik Ek, strategic operations manager at Svenska kraftnät.
SwedenGermany's government is lowering its growth forecast for 2025 to zero, from previously 0.3 percent. The German economy shrunk in size both in 2023 and 2024 – so if the forecast hits, it will be the third year in a row without German growth.
BusinessEurope's largest economy, the German, is on its way to lose even more tempo. Now the service sector is also slowing down.
BusinessThe Swede Caroline Hedwall and the Englishwoman Mel Reid will be team captain Anna Nordqvist's closest support when it comes down to Europe's meeting with the USA in the Solheim Cup next year. Both have been appointed as vice-captains.
SportsConfidence in the German economy plummets in April, in the wake of the Trump administration's tariff shock, shows a monthly index from the Zew Institute. The trade war risks shattering the fragile German recovery after two years in a row of shrinking GDP.
BusinessThe USA's Vice President JD Vance urges European countries to show greater independence. It is not good for Europe to be the USA's permanent security lackey, he says.
WorldThe opposition criticizes the spring budget and demands crisis measures. The Social Democrats accuse the government of lacking crisis insight and the Centre Party demands an end to "wait and see politics".
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