Europe News EU leaders struggle to break budget deadlock amid Poland, Hungary veto As EU leaders met for a virtual summit, sources said that the videoconference was not the place to discuss such a complicated issue. 19/11/2020
Europe News Hungary and Poland block EU's COVID recovery package over rule of law Budapest and Warsaw governments are threatening to veto the EU budget and recovery fund over proposals to link access to cash with the respect of the rule of law. 16/11/2020
Europe News COVID-19, rule of law, EU programmes: The wrangling over the EU budget What started out as a seemingly normal Commission proposal back in May 2018, turned into a battle between two of the EU's three institutions, after the pandemic rewrote the rules of nearly everything it touched. 16/10/2020
Europe News MEPs want EU funding to be linked to respect for rule of law As MEPs return from the summer recess, negotiations began to get their approval for the EU's €1.8 trillion budget. 01/09/2020
Europe News EU budget battle stretches into extra time as divisions continue European leaders meet for a second day of talks to hammer out a compromise over the EU's long-term budget. 21/02/2020
Europe News The EU budget battle begins as Brexit leaves €15 billion annual vacuum The week before EU heads of state and government travel to Brussels for a two-day extraordinary European Summit exclusively focused on the size of the EU budget, Jack Parrock talks to those who will have the final say over it 13/02/2020
Italy Italy's education minister resigns over lack of funding The fallout from Italy's newly agreed budget has seen education minister Lorenzo Fioramonti resign. 26/12/2019
Europe News Green budget and the Balkans in the Brief from Brussels Today in the Brief from Brussels we take a look at a group of young climate protesters who made their voices heard in the European Parliament. 17/10/2019
Europe News EU leaders to discuss climate change budget At the summit on 17 and 18 October, EU leaders will discuss how to incorporate climate change initiatives into the budget. 15/10/2019
Ireland Watch again: Ireland unveils €1.2 billion no-deal Brexit fund Ireland is stepping up preparations for a no-deal Brexit by putting aside €1.2 billion for the UK crashing out of the European Union. 08/10/2019
Europe News Perfect storm for Italy in budget battle The perfect storm has started for Italy. The European Commission says it considers the Italian budget draft to be in particularly serious non-compliance with EU fiscal rules and opted for a procedure for excessive debt. Commissioner Moscovici said there are unsolved doubts about increasing deb 21/11/2018
Europe News Rome vs Brussels: risk of an unprecedented clash over the budget On Wednesday the European Commission might decide to take first steps on the opening of a procedure for excessive debt against Italy 20/11/2018
Europe News Ministers say Rome needs to come up with new ideas The tone was polite, but an escalation is likely over the coming weeks 05/11/2018
Europe News Ball is now in Italy's camp, says Austria Italy's budget dispute with Brussels is likely to escalate in coming weeks unless Rome revises its free-spending plans 05/11/2018
Europe News Italy shoe stunt 'grotesque' - Moscovici After an Italian MEP rubbed his shoe on EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici's notes as he held a press conference on the rejection of Italy's draft budget, Moscovici warned that when he laugh at such episodes, it banalises it leading to a deafening silence before we wake up to fascism. 24/10/2018
Europe News EU & Italy on collision course over draft budget Rome goes ahead and defends its draft budget, opening a match with Brussels that could last a long time. Italy has replied to the letter sent by Commissioner Moscovici and Dombrovskis, asking for clarifications about the deviations from the European parameters. 22/10/2018
Europe News Brussels tells Italy: Respect budgetary rules like everybody else European Commission not to shy away from showdown with nationalist government in Rome 16/10/2018
Europe News The Brief from Brussels: Macron's EU vision This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from the EU’s de facto political capital. In this episode: French President Emmanuel 26/09/2017
Europe News EU warns eight countries on spending The EU has warned eight eurozone countries that their spending plans for next year risk breaking the bloc’s spending rules. 16/11/2016
