Populists crashing the euro; collapsing banks; Greece, France, the Netherlands and Italy out of the eurozone; crippling growth and sentiment: these were only some of MNCs’ fears for 2017 at the beginning of this year. Since then, improvements in fundamentals…
July 5, 2017 – This post was written by Suzie Bombarde Gough and Athanasia Kokkinogeni, Europe Analyst On June 18, Macron’s liberal En Marche! party won 350 out of 577 seats in France’s parliament, securing majority. In view of Macron’s…
After overcoming major political risk factors in the first half of the year, Mark McNamee, Senior Analyst for Europe discusses with Athanasia Kokkinogeni, Analyst of Western Europe, FSG’s updated view for Western Europe for H2 and beyond. Further analysis is…
2017 was supposed to be the year of political risk in Western Europe. A series of key political events – elections in the Netherlands, France, Germany, and potentially Italy, as well as Brexit – had created a surge of sensationalism…
As France is one of the largest markets in Western Europe, and a strong voice in shaping the European agenda, the outcome of the French elections has the potential to significantly affect how MNCs do business in France and Western…
Western Europe will likely grow by 1.6% YOY in 2017 from 1.7% YOY in 2016, and Germany and Spain will continue to lead the region’s outlook for 2017. Despite a lack of acceleration, 1.6% YOY growth is quite substantial as…
In response to the massive influx of migrants and the Paris terrorist attacks, several EU countries have put the European Union’s “freedom of movement” at risk by reinstating border controls. This week, the interior ministers of several EU countries proposed…