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27 Jun 24
Bloc ‘determined’ to reduce sources of revenue but governance for members now critical
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26 Jan 24
Rebuilding damaged infrastructure across eastern Libya following devastating floods could cost around $1.8bn, a joint report from the World Bank, United Nations and European Union has found.
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12 Dec 23
Daily fines the European Court of Justice has imposed on Poland are incompatible with the nation’s constitution, a Polish body has ruled.
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23 Nov 23
The European Commission has agreed to an advance payment of €5bn from Poland’s Covid-19 recovery plan, but future funding depends on rule-of-law reforms.
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10 Nov 23
Substantial progress on judicial and anti-corruption reforms has prompted the European Commission to recommend accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova.
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24 Jul 23
Post-election limbo is only the beginning
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21 Jul 23
A proposed €20bn long-term military support package will provide more “sustainable and predictable” financing for Ukraine, a senior European Union minister has said.
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11 Jul 23
Candidate for EU membership gets help with cost-of-living crisis
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30 Mar 23
The Italian government has been given an extra month to convince the European Commission to release €19bn of withheld post-pandemic recovery funding.
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15 Mar 23
Universal energy support measures will leave European Union governments unable to meet fiscal rules when they restart at the end of the year so should be wound down, a senior commissioner has said.
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22 Feb 23
The Ukrainian government has requested $15bn from the International Monetary Fund to meet immediate spending needs and pay for structural reforms.
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14 Feb 23
The European Union should avoid a further suspension to the bloc’s fiscal rules at the end of this year, a senior official has said.
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17 Jan 23
The Ukrainian government will receive the first tranche of an €18bn European Union support package later this week, after agreeing to loan conditions.
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10 Jan 23
The new Italian government has signalled its intention to keep its fiscal policies aligned with the European Union amid concerns over the eurosceptic administration.
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15 Dec 22
The European Parliament has given the green light to an €18bn loan package to Ukraine, after a veto forced the proposals to be revised.
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13 Dec 22
The European Union is set to suspend more than €6bn of funding for Hungary due to the ongoing dispute over compliance with the bloc’s rule of law regulations.
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7 Dec 22
The Hungarian government has blocked an €18bn European Union package to support Ukraine’s budget and fund the war effort against Russia.
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10 Oct 22
Governments across the European Union have spent more than €100bn on Russian fossil fuels since the nation invaded Ukraine in February, a climate group has said.
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12 Sep 22
The Greek government has unveiled plans to increase state pension payments and the minimum wage, marking the end of a period of budget scrutiny from Brussels the prime minister described as a “...
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7 Sep 22
The European Commission has outlined plans for “solidarity contributions” from fossil fuel companies and price caps on low-carbon energy to support people through the energy crisis.
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6 Sep 22
The European Union must adopt “risk-based” fiscal rules and instruct member nations to strengthen financial institutions to reduce fiscal risks, economists at the International Monetary Fund have...
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1 Aug 22
The French government’s medium-term financial strategy has underestimated inflation, overestimated GDP growth and contains “not very ambitious” deficit reduction plans, a spending watchdog has said...
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30 May 22
The Polish government wants to dissolve a judiciary body at the heart of a dispute with the European Union, in the hope that doing so will help it secure funding.
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20 May 22
European Union countries must reverse years of underinvestment in defence and increase collaborative spending in response to the new security situation after Russia invaded Ukraine, the bloc’s...
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17 Mar 22
The European Council has agreed an approach for partner countries to apply carbon tariffs on good entering the bloc to help fight climate change.