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Fifteen European countries saw fewer business failures last quarter and the union total still rose
Change in the bankruptcy declaration index, second quarter of 2026 against the first, seasonally and calendar adjusted. Lithuania also rose 2.0 per cent. Ireland published no data. The euro area aggregates rose more than the union: 6.9 per cent for the twenty-one country area and 7.0 per cent for the twenty country area. Outside the union, Ukraine rose 15.9 per cent, Norway 9.4, Iceland 3.7, Kosovo fell 8.2 and North Macedonia fell 26.2.
In the second quarter of 2026, bankruptcy declarations rose in eleven member states and fell in fifteen, yet the weighted union index rose 5.7 per cent. Estonia and Greece rose about 32 per cent while Malta halved.
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