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State-backed French lottery operator strikes €2.6bn deal to create one of Europe’s biggest gambling companies

Also, Wall Street earnings season begins while summer sporting tournaments heat up in Europe

Berlin says new €150bn funding for defence industry should be open to non-EU partners, but Paris disagrees

Political and economic ills are growing in bloc’s two main states as the next five-year leadership cycle starts in Brussels

Political and fiscal troubles pile up in Paris as Athens continues to recover from its debt agony

Petr Fiala says power balance is shifting in response to Russian threat and US pressure

Proposal sees smaller role for land troops to enforce ceasefire, but would require significant US support

Paris says it will submit road map on compliance with EU fiscal rules by October 31

New PM Michel Barnier works to put together a government against backdrop of worsening public finances

President Emmanuel Macron condemns violence sparked by his push for voting reform in strategic south Pacific territory