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German president urges US to remember its ‘indispensable’ alliance with Europe
Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House Germany’s president has urged the US to remember that Europe is an “indispensable” partner, as fears among western allies about a potential second Donald Trump presidency overshadowed a visit by US leader […]
Italy confronts woes of ‘Mamma Fiat’
At 21, Gianluca Rindone got his first job making bodies for Fiat’s Maserati cars alongside his father, a Sicilian who had been lured to Turin’s auto boom in the 1970s. He thought it would be a lifelong career but after three decades Rindone has been furloughed, falling victim to the carmaker’s decision to suspend production […]