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EU elections: What are the biggest issues at stake?

Our journalists provide insights into the stakes of the upcoming European elections, covering issues ranging from defence to the green deal and migration pact.

03/06/2024

Italy

Italy prepares to negotiate terms of fiscal adjustment plan with EU

Officials estimate it will take until at least 2026 to get the country's budget deficit below the EU’s 3% limit.

17/04/2024

Europe News

Poland gets first payment of EU recovery funds: €6.3 billion

Poland has received €6.3 billion under the European Union's recovery fund, the first payment of its kind.

15/04/2024

Germany

'We didn't want to see what Putin is up to,' admits Vice Chancellor

German Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economy and Climate Robert Habeck warned that Europe must ramp up defence spending during a global conversation with Euronews.

26/03/2024

Europe News

Brussels to unblock €137 billion in EU funds for Poland

The European Commission is preparing to unblock up to €137 billion in cohesion and recovery funds for Poland, which until now has been unable to access the cash over rule-of-law concerns.

23/02/2024

World News

EU pledges to prolong aid to Italy's flood-devastated region

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised to allocate extra funds to help the reconstruction of the devastated Emilia-Romagna region.

17/01/2024

Economy

Inflation, weak demand and falling employment weigh on the eurozone

The eurozone economy continued its decline for a sixth consecutive month. Euronews Business looks at why and breaks down the latest figures.

05/12/2023

Economy

Explained: The hurdles on the EU’s multi-billion recovery road

The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) is the biggest EU investment in history, but money from the post-Covid recovery fund is not flowing into the economy as expected.

26/07/2023

Europe News

Italy's new €19-billion tranche of recovery funds delayed by one month

Three issues remain outstanding: port concessions, district heating networks and the so-called "integrated urban plans."

29/03/2023

My Europe Series

Europe's week: Energy woes continue and Queen Elizabeth II dies

Here's a look at the top stories from Europe this week.

09/09/2022

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Groups of volunteers help to rebuild houses damaged in

Salvaged material is reused to help rebuild homes destroyed in the Chernihiv region.

14/08/2022

World News

Switzerland to host international conference on rebuilding Ukraine

A two-day international conference on rebuilding Ukraine is due to start in Switzerland on Monday

03/07/2022

Europe News

Hungary ready for compromises with Brussels to unblock recovery funds

National minister Tibor Navracsics told Euronews that Budapest is ready to "speed up negotiations as much as possible."

16/06/2022

Europe News

Brussels approves €35B Polish recovery plan despite rule of law doubts

The plan was blocked for more than a year over controversial judicial reforms in Poland.

01/06/2022

World News

'World must demand the rich pay their fair share', say millionaires

"The world – every country in it – must demand the rich pay their fair share," millionaires from the US, UK, Germany, Canada, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, and Iran wrote in an open letter.

20/01/2022

World News

OECD warns Omicron variant could be a 'threat to economic recovery'

"The economic priority is the vaccine," said the OECD, warning that the recovery from last year's post-pandemic slump is running out of steam.

02/12/2021

Italy

World's top economies endorse global corporate tax at G20 summit

The leaders of the world's major economies are gathered in Italy this weekend as Rome hosts its first G20 summit, with the global health crisis, economic recovery, and climate change at the top of this year's agenda.

30/10/2021

Economy

Eurozone inflation hits 13-year high amid persistent energy crunch

Prices across the eurozone rose by 4.1% in October, up from 3.4% in September.

29/10/2021

Work

Global recovery depends on equal access to vaccines, ILO says

For every 14 people fully vaccinated in the second quarter of 2021, one full-time equivalent job was added to the global labour market, substantially boosting the recovery.

28/10/2021

Tech News

IMF reduces global growth forecast amid inflation and supply problems

In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF projects that global output will increase by 5.9% this year, compared with its projection in July of 6%.

13/10/2021