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12 Nov 21
The European Union has been told it should come up with “genuine reform” for its fiscal rules ahead of their reintroduction in 2023 following the Covid-19 economic crisis.
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10 Nov 21
Poland could withhold its financial contributions to the European Union if the bloc does not back down over a rule-of-law dispute delaying EU Covid-19 recovery funding from Brussels to Warsaw, a...
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4 Nov 21
Portugal faces a snap election after the country’s parliament failed to approve the government’s 2022 budget proposals.
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29 Oct 21
The European Union should relax its debt expectations for member states to allow them to support the economic recovery from Covid-19, economists from the bloc’s bailout fund have said.
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25 Oct 21
Moldova and the International Monetary Fund have agreed a reform programme to help authorities maintain the economic recovery amid the threats of inflation and a possible resurgence of Covid-19 cases.
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22 Oct 21
Poland risks missing out on funding from the European Union after a court ruled national law takes precedence over those made in Brussels.
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18 Oct 21
The European Union’s budget rules on debt levels for member states are "nonsensical" and need to be updated, the head of the EU’s bailout fund has said, ahead of new reform efforts.
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28 Sep 21
A fund to help European Union member countries weather the negative impacts of Brexit will be created after getting final approval by the European Council.
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28 Sep 21
German finance minister Olaf Scholz is trying to form a government after his party narrowly won the German elections. PFF takes a look at what a Scholz premiership could mean for German fiscal policy.
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24 Sep 21
A Polish regional government scrapped an anti-LGBT resolution, becoming the first such authority in the country to do so amid rising tensions between Poland and the European Union that could see...
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21 Sep 21
The Swedish government has presented its 2022 budget that it says will “take Sweden forward” after the Covid-19 crisis.
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16 Sep 21
The EU’s oversight of the five countries it gave financial support to in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis “needs streamlining” according to the bloc’s fiscal watchdog.
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14 Sep 21
High-spending European governments managed the Covid-19 shock “very well”, despite suffering the worst recession in the EU era, the head of the OECD has said.
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13 Sep 21
Eight European finance ministers are preparing to push back against efforts to loosen the EU’s attitude to debt and deficits, stressing the importance of “sound public finances”.
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8 Sep 21
Poland faces the prospect of daily fines as European Union leaders step up their efforts against a controversial process to discipline judges.
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6 Sep 21
Greek officials have called for each European Union country to be given tailor-made debt targets, calling the current blanket fiscal rules “practically inapplicable”.
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31 Aug 21
Austria’s finance minister has urged his European Union counterparts to reduce their high levels of spending as the economic rebound from Covid-19 continues.
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30 Jul 21
European Union fiscal rules need to allow for stronger public investment to drive growth in the coming years, the European Commission’s economics leader has said.
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16 Jul 21
Plans for a 'green tariff' on carbon-intensive goods entering the European Union risk leaving developing countries at a disadvantage, a report has warned.
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13 Jul 21
The European Commission has put plans for an online sales tax on hold following the G20’s endorsement of a global corporation tax deal and pressure from the US.
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6 Jul 21
France wants the European Union’s new joint debt mechanism, set up on a temporary basis to finance Covid-19 recovery spending, to be made permanent in order to drive investment in technology.
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23 Jun 21
Huge government spending amid the Covid-19 crisis and an unambitious deficit reduction plan will leave France’s public finances lagging behind its eurozone peers, the country’s national audit body...
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22 Jun 21
Emissions in the European Union's agriculture sector stayed the same despite more than a quarter of European Union spending on the sector being allocated to environmental projects between 2014 and...
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14 Jun 21
Counterfeit or poor quality medical equipment proliferated in Europe amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the European Union’s anti-fraud bureau.
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8 Jun 21
Italian government debt reached a record by the end of 2020 and will only fall marginally by the end of the decade, according to rating agency Fitch’s projections.
12 Nov 21The European Union has been told it should come up with “genuine reform” for its fiscal rules ahead of their reintroduction in 2023 following the Covid-19 economic crisis.
10 Nov 21Poland could withhold its financial contributions to the European Union if the bloc does not back down over a rule-of-law dispute delaying EU Covid-19 recovery funding from Brussels to Warsaw, a...
4 Nov 21Portugal faces a snap election after the country’s parliament failed to approve the government’s 2022 budget proposals.
25 Oct 21Moldova and the International Monetary Fund have agreed a reform programme to help authorities maintain the economic recovery amid the threats of inflation and a possible resurgence of Covid-19 cases.
22 Oct 21Poland risks missing out on funding from the European Union after a court ruled national law takes precedence over those made in Brussels.
28 Sep 21A fund to help European Union member countries weather the negative impacts of Brexit will be created after getting final approval by the European Council.
28 Sep 21German finance minister Olaf Scholz is trying to form a government after his party narrowly won the German elections. PFF takes a look at what a Scholz premiership could mean for German fiscal policy.
21 Sep 21The Swedish government has presented its 2022 budget that it says will “take Sweden forward” after the Covid-19 crisis.
14 Sep 21High-spending European governments managed the Covid-19 shock “very well”, despite suffering the worst recession in the EU era, the head of the OECD has said.
13 Sep 21Eight European finance ministers are preparing to push back against efforts to loosen the EU’s attitude to debt and deficits, stressing the importance of “sound public finances”.
6 Sep 21Greek officials have called for each European Union country to be given tailor-made debt targets, calling the current blanket fiscal rules “practically inapplicable”.
31 Aug 21Austria’s finance minister has urged his European Union counterparts to reduce their high levels of spending as the economic rebound from Covid-19 continues.
30 Jul 21European Union fiscal rules need to allow for stronger public investment to drive growth in the coming years, the European Commission’s economics leader has said.
16 Jul 21Plans for a 'green tariff' on carbon-intensive goods entering the European Union risk leaving developing countries at a disadvantage, a report has warned.
13 Jul 21The European Commission has put plans for an online sales tax on hold following the G20’s endorsement of a global corporation tax deal and pressure from the US.
23 Jun 21Huge government spending amid the Covid-19 crisis and an unambitious deficit reduction plan will leave France’s public finances lagging behind its eurozone peers, the country’s national audit body...
22 Jun 21Emissions in the European Union's agriculture sector stayed the same despite more than a quarter of European Union spending on the sector being allocated to environmental projects between 2014 and...
14 Jun 21Counterfeit or poor quality medical equipment proliferated in Europe amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the European Union’s anti-fraud bureau.
8 Jun 21Italian government debt reached a record by the end of 2020 and will only fall marginally by the end of the decade, according to rating agency Fitch’s projections.
