Anti-lockdown protests spread throughout Europe, with violent scenes rocking Brussels, Vienna and Amsterdam as cases continue to spike across the continent. A coalition government agreement in Germany is imminent with key roles for the FDP’s Christian Lindner and the Greens’ Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck. In corporate news, U.S. private equity giant KKR launches a €10.8 bn bid to take Telecom Italia private, while UBS says former Morgan Stanley president Colm Kelleher is to take over from outgoing chairman Axel Weber.

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