Ireland records highest household electricity prices in the EU in Q2 2026
Household electricity prices across the European Union fell by 2.2% in the first half of 2026, while average household gas…
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Nine in ten young Europeans consider themselves to be healthy
Some 89.7% of people in Europe aged 16 to 29 consider their health to be either ‘good’ or ‘very good’,…
French consumers changing how they shop amid financial pressures
French consumers are continuing to spend, but are changing how they shop as financial pressure affects household budgets, according to…
Six in 10 Czech consumers expect energy prices to continue to rise
Six in 10 consumers in Czechia expect energy prices to continue to increase, the highest proportion recorded in two years,…
Purchasing power rises 3.7% in Germany, to €2.46 trillion
Total purchasing power in Germany is expected to reach €2.464 trillion in 2026, an increase of 3.7% from the previous…
EU food waste totalled 129kg per person in 2024
Food waste across the European Union reached 129 kilograms per person in 2024, totalling 57.9 million tonnes, according to new…
Some 4.6% of Germany’s population had outstanding utility bills last year
Some 4.6% of Germany‘s population, or 3.8 million people, lived in households with outstanding utility bills as of last year,…
Household energy consumption across Europe declines for third consecutive year
Households across Europe used 9.54 million terajoules of energy during 2024, a slight decline (-0.2%) on the previous year, according…
Fewer than a quarter of Europe’s households include children
Fewer than one quarter (23.4%) of the 203.1 million households across the European Union included children in 2025, according to…
Home ownership in Germany constrained by the availability of savings
A new report by LBS and empirica has found that home ownership in Germany is increasingly constrained by the availability…