Summary: I. Introduction – II. The State of Integration. 1. Proposal for deepening the Economic and Monetary Union. 2. Brexit: Agreement on Brexit transition period conditions. 3. Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB. – III. General issues of current economic affairs. 1. ECB: Announcement of the completion of the Big Debt Purchase Programme (QE) in December 2018. 2. The Eurogroup agreed on the finalisation of the bail-out of Greece and the restructuring of the Greek Debt. 3. Trade war with the United States on the imposition of tariffs on European steel and aluminium. 4. SRM: controversy over the resolution of Banco Popular. 5. Posted workers: Agreement on new legislation. 6. New rulings of the European Court on compensation for Spanish temporary workers. 7. European Semester 2018: In-depth Reports on Macroeconomic Disbalances and Country-Specific Recommendations. 8. Competition – Fiscal Pact Luxembourg – Engie. Online publication: 31 October 2018