With Donald Trump potentially returning to the White House, the United Kingdom and France are leading Europe. Bloomberg has analyzed their role in the context of Germany's weakening and the growing influence of other nations.

London, 12 EU countries, Canada, and Turkey seek a peace plan to convince the United States and provide guarantees to Kiev, while Starmer promises new aid that will fund over 5,000 missiles. The European NATO countries and Canada have decided to increase military aid to Ukraine and economic sanctions on Russia so that the Kiev government can negotiate with Moscow "from a position of strength,

The pound weakened against the euro on Wednesday as traders piled into the common currency after Germany's plan for a massive infrastructure fund and an easing of debt rules to boost spending, though the British currency did gain on the dollar.

Bay reported a revenue of 1.4 billion euros (1.5 billion dollars) in the United Kingdom last year, a 100 million dollars less than in 2023.