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19.12.2025 YEAR-ENDER 2025: EUROPEAN ELECTRICITY MARKET  A year of volatility and transition / Spot prices stay high amid weather extremes and grid bottlenecks / Germany anchors regional dynamics as renewables expand unevenly

19.12.2025 YEAR-ENDER 2025: EUROPEAN GAS MARKET  A year of consolidation and a ‘new normal' comes to an end / Market stable after end of dramatic fluctuations from energy crisis / Political framework to continue to force players into further optimising diversification, storage, emissions strategies

19.12.2025 LOGISTICS  Freight rates on a roller coaster / Will the Suez Canal soon reopen to major traffic?

18.12.2025 EUROPEAN ECONOMY German business climate weakens / Processors' mood worsens / European manufacturers send mixed messages

18.12.2025 PLASTICS INDUSTRY GERMANY  Industry job cuts continue / Loss of more than 40,000 positions since 2019

16.12.2025 YEAR-ENDER 2025: TARIFFS  Trump tariffs shook EU plastics industry in 2025 / 15% duty ignited retaliatory firestorms / Diversification and capacity shifts ahead in 2026

15.12.2025 YEAR-ENDER 2025: EU ECONOMIC OUTLOOK  OECD predicts slowdown in '26 / Spain to lead, Italy to lag among EU Big Four / UK expansion to ease

15.12.2025 RECYCLING UK  Industry on the brink – BPF / Shutdowns continue / Shops face multiple problems

12.12.2025 LOGISTICS  Peace and calm on most trade routes / Freight rates from China to Europe rise

05.12.2025 LOGISTICS  Heavy shipping traffic on world's oceans causes freight rates to tumble / Intra-Asia routes the exception

28.11.2025 LOGISTICS  Opposing trends in container freight rates: US routes down, Europe more expensive / Port strikes in Belgium, Portugal

27.11.2025 ENERGY COSTS GERMANY  Plastics converters could be eligible for industrial electricity price / Recyclers likely left in limbo / EUR 3 bn of taxpayers' money to provide relief / Many details still to be clarified

25.11.2025 EUROPEAN ECONOMY  Surveys show moody manufacturers / German processor morale brightens – Ifo / UK producers more upbeat

21.11.2025 LOGISTICS  Too many ships, too little cargo: shipping companies vying for every container / Freight rates likely to fall

14.11.2025 LOGISTICS  Von der Leyen-Trump handshake has little impact / Container handling in Europe declines

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