Le Pen and Brexit Are Forcing Traders to Redraw Their European Strategy

  • Economic data and stimulus yield market sway to political risk
  • Volatility numbers hint at some complacency as elections loom

Donovan: Market Concerns Are About Le Pen's Position

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“The consequences of a bad outcome may be severe.”

Some would call that an understatement. Marco Valli, the chief euro-area economist at UniCredit SpA in Milan, was reflecting on the chances of an upset in one of this year’s three major elections in Europe.