Divisions are brewing among EU member states as the bloc s leadership seeks a total of €86 billion ($93.2 billion) in additional funding, including financial support for Ukraine and salary increases for EU bureaucrats.
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Consumer sentiment in Germany is set to fall in July after eight consecutive increases as high inflation squeezed households' spending power damping private consumption.
While the next winter could pose a serious challenge to EU economies substituting Russian energy supplies, the larger problem is to rebuild European competitiveness, French economist Jacques Sapir told Sputnik s New Rules podcast.