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30 May 17
Greece’s finance minister has said the country's creditors would have no excuses for failing to deliver the next round of bailout funding or clarity on debt relief for the heavily indebted country.
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17 May 17
Greek civil servants are joining workers across the country in a general strike today to protest against the latest austerity measures agreed under Greece’s bailout deal.
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15 May 17
The Greek economy has slipped back into recession, while the government has shaved almost one percentage point from its growth forecasts for 2017.
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11 May 17
New French president Emmanuel Macron should meet his pledge to bring the country’s deficit back in line with European Union spending rules this year, according to the European Commission.
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8 May 17
Ten of Europe’s major economies hand out €6.3bn ($6.9bn) in coal subsidies every year, including €1bn ($1.1bn) in funds intended for low-carbon sources, according to a UK think-tank.
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5 May 17
National audit bodies’ role in scrutinising the European Union’s agricultural spending is flawed and falls short of international standards, the bloc’s auditors have concluded.
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2 May 17
Greek bailout officials have reached a deal on future austerity measures in the country, including pension and tax cuts and ending six months of wrangling.
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2 May 17
European Court of Auditors president Klaus-Heiner Lehne talks to PF about reform, Brexit and the role of facts in a ‘post-truth’ world
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26 Apr 17
Thousands of refugees and migrants, including unaccompanied children, are being left stranded on Greek islands as a result of European Union policy, the bloc’s auditors have said.
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25 Apr 17
The European Commission confirmed Greece’s target-busting primary surplus yesterday, putting it even higher than Greek official statistics.
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24 Apr 17
French stocks have surged today on the back of pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the first round of voting for the French presidential election.
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12 Apr 17
Italy has approved €3.4bn worth of emergency cuts, yielding to a European Commission demand that it do more on its deficit or face sanctions.
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7 Apr 17
Greece and its creditors have chipped away at a deadlock over the next phase of its €86bn bailout deal, reaching an agreement on the “overarching issues”.
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5 Apr 17
Progress is being made with European Union member state’s partnership spending plans, but performance measures are too complex, auditors have concluded.
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4 Apr 17
Eurozone unemployment fell to its lowest level in eight years in February, but auditors have warned that the bloc’s effort to reduce youth unemployment has fallen short of expectations.
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28 Mar 17
European Union aid for Tunisia was overambitious and too lax, according to the European Court of Auditors.
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27 Mar 17
Portugal has recorded its lowest deficit in 40 years after halving it in 2016, figures published by the country’s national statistics office last week showed.
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27 Mar 17
A tiff over collective bargaining in Greece resurfaced last week when prime minister Alexis Tsipras sent a letter to European leaders accusing them of double standards.
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10 Mar 17
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi said the euro is “irrevocable” while outlining a “more optimistic” outlook for the currency bloc yesterday.
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3 Mar 17
Eurozone inflation surpassed the bloc’s target rate for the first time since 2013 in February, according to preliminary data published yesterday by Eurostat.
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21 Feb 17
The European Council has agreed fresh measures to prevent corporations avoiding tax via countries that are not members of the European Union.
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21 Feb 17
Greece and its creditors have found some “common ground” following the latest meetings on its stalling €86bn bailout in Brussels yesterday.
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21 Feb 17
The European Union’s flagship biodiversity programme, Natura 2000, requires better oversight and financial management, auditors have said.
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20 Feb 17
Hungary could be forced to withdraw its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games in the capital Budapest after a petition to hold a referendum on the matter received more than double the signatures needed...
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16 Feb 17
The European Commission has delivered “final warnings” on pollution to a host of the bloc’s major economies.
30 May 17Greece’s finance minister has said the country's creditors would have no excuses for failing to deliver the next round of bailout funding or clarity on debt relief for the heavily indebted country.
17 May 17Greek civil servants are joining workers across the country in a general strike today to protest against the latest austerity measures agreed under Greece’s bailout deal.
15 May 17The Greek economy has slipped back into recession, while the government has shaved almost one percentage point from its growth forecasts for 2017.
11 May 17New French president Emmanuel Macron should meet his pledge to bring the country’s deficit back in line with European Union spending rules this year, according to the European Commission.
8 May 17Ten of Europe’s major economies hand out €6.3bn ($6.9bn) in coal subsidies every year, including €1bn ($1.1bn) in funds intended for low-carbon sources, according to a UK think-tank.
5 May 17National audit bodies’ role in scrutinising the European Union’s agricultural spending is flawed and falls short of international standards, the bloc’s auditors have concluded.
2 May 17European Court of Auditors president Klaus-Heiner Lehne talks to PF about reform, Brexit and the role of facts in a ‘post-truth’ world
26 Apr 17Thousands of refugees and migrants, including unaccompanied children, are being left stranded on Greek islands as a result of European Union policy, the bloc’s auditors have said.
25 Apr 17The European Commission confirmed Greece’s target-busting primary surplus yesterday, putting it even higher than Greek official statistics.
24 Apr 17French stocks have surged today on the back of pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the first round of voting for the French presidential election.
12 Apr 17Italy has approved €3.4bn worth of emergency cuts, yielding to a European Commission demand that it do more on its deficit or face sanctions.
7 Apr 17Greece and its creditors have chipped away at a deadlock over the next phase of its €86bn bailout deal, reaching an agreement on the “overarching issues”.
5 Apr 17Progress is being made with European Union member state’s partnership spending plans, but performance measures are too complex, auditors have concluded.
4 Apr 17Eurozone unemployment fell to its lowest level in eight years in February, but auditors have warned that the bloc’s effort to reduce youth unemployment has fallen short of expectations.
27 Mar 17A tiff over collective bargaining in Greece resurfaced last week when prime minister Alexis Tsipras sent a letter to European leaders accusing them of double standards.
10 Mar 17European Central Bank president Mario Draghi said the euro is “irrevocable” while outlining a “more optimistic” outlook for the currency bloc yesterday.
21 Feb 17The European Council has agreed fresh measures to prevent corporations avoiding tax via countries that are not members of the European Union.
21 Feb 17The European Union’s flagship biodiversity programme, Natura 2000, requires better oversight and financial management, auditors have said.
20 Feb 17Hungary could be forced to withdraw its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games in the capital Budapest after a petition to hold a referendum on the matter received more than double the signatures needed...
16 Feb 17The European Commission has delivered “final warnings” on pollution to a host of the bloc’s major economies.
