As an astute politician himself, Mario Draghi may give Angela Merkel a gift at next week’s ECB meeting, which comes just 2 weeks ahead of the German election, according to Brendan Brown, chief economist and head of economic research at MUFG. Speaking to Bloomberg Daybreak Europe’s Caroline Hepker and Markus Caroline, Brown also discusses President Trump’s tax plan which he says won’t bolster US growth momentum.

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Gunners from the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 in the Kharkiv region on April 21, 2024. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)