One of Europe's most influential car manufacturers, Siegfried Wolf, wrote a three-page letter to Vladimir Putin proposing to produce cars in Russia again. (www.spiegel.de)
Poland remains EU’s biggest importer of Russian LPG, paying €710 million to Moscow last year (notesfrompoland.com)
Financial Times tries to convince the French that Macron is right about raising the retirement age because otherwise France would have to give up the idea of having a navy in the Pacific. (archive.ph)
German public debt reached all-time high of roughly 2.37 trillion euros at the end of 2022 (www.destatis.de)
Rishi Sunak's answer when challenged on woman who can't afford lightbulb sitting in dark (www.mirror.co.uk)
The EU remains secretly dependent on Russia. Some officials, on the condition of anonymity, said that Russia continues to receive income from oil supplies to the EU. (www.politico.eu)
'A financial banana republic': UBS-Credit Suisse deal puts Switzerland's reputation on the line (www.cnbc.com)