Europe Decoded As the war in Ukraine rages on, Europe braces itself for stagflation The war in Ukraine has sent inflation in the eurozone soaring, threatening the post-pandemic recovery. 04/04/2022
Europe Decoded What is the EU's Stability and Growth Pact and why is it important? The bloc's fiscal rulebook has been suspended until next year to stave off any unwanted economic consequences of the pandemic. 18/01/2022
Europe News Brussels urges caution despite strong economic growth forecasts The EU Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni delivered the European Semester Autumn Package on Wednesday. While he insisted that the worst is behind us, he still warned against the possible negative effects of the pandemic on the economy. 24/11/2021
Europe News 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
Europe News EU divided over response to soaring, 'unbearable' energy prices Economic and finance ministers met in Luxembourg, laying bare intra-EU divisions. 04/10/2021
world news Europe’s economy slid back into recession as US roared ahead The European economy officially entered a double-dip recession in the first quarter of the year, as the continent paid the price for slow vaccine rollouts and extended lockdowns. 30/04/2021
Europe News EU governments agree to continue uncapped spending until mid-2022 European Union finance ministers said during a video conference on Tuesday that unlimited spending must be allowed until the recovery from the pandemic is secure. 16/03/2021
world news Eurozone economy shrank less than feared in 2020 — Eurostat estimate The EU's statistics agency says early analysis suggests eurozone GDP fell by 0.7% in the last quarter and 6.8% across 2020. 02/02/2021
world news Economists revise eurozone growth downwards amid second COVID wave Lockdowns and pandemic-related restrictions were likely to slow down Europe's economic recovery as the ECB cut its predicts for 2021 and beyond. 22/01/2021
world news COVID-19: Euro area economy suffers record drop of 12.1% Eurostat also expects Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the whole European Union to have fallen by 11.9 per cent between April and June. 31/07/2020
Europe News EU to experience 'even deeper recession' than anticipated The European Commission announced that the euro area economy will contract by 8.7%, as the lifting of lockdown measures has been more gradual than expected. 07/07/2020
Europe News Spain, Ireland and Luxembourg join race for Eurogroup presidency Whoever takes on the chair of the eurozone group will play a major role in digging Europe out of the coronavirus economic downturn. 25/06/2020
Europe News Who will join the race to be the Eurogroup's next president? It comes after Mário Centeno quit as Eurogroup's president earlier this month. 24/06/2020
Europe News Eurogroup chief Centeno says no political reason behind quit decision He told Euronews it was simply the "end of a cycle". His tenure was due to end and he decided not to apply for a second term, he claimed. 17/06/2020
Europe News EU forecasts 'recession of historic proportions' this year "Europe is experiencing an economic shock without precedent since the Great Depression,'' the EU's economy chief Paolo Gentiloni said on Wednesday. 06/05/2020
Italy Italy's Di Maio says Rome must delay approval of ESM reform The head of Italy's ruling 5-Star Movement said on Saturday the government should not sign off on a reform of the euro zone's bailout fund until plans for a wider banking union became clearer. 30/11/2019
Europe News The Brief: Lagarde's route to the ECB We look back at Christine Lagarde's career trajectory from French Minister to IMF chief and the issues that follow her heading into her next role. 04/09/2019
View Croatia in the Eurozone: Russia greatest weapon in Europe? | View Croatia’s adoption of the euro would be an unmitigated disaster, punishing a country whose judiciary suffers from entrenched corruption that is being exploited to extend Russian influence in Europe. 22/01/2019
Europe News EU and Italy in standoff over budget A European Commission spokesperson confirmed that they have received the "revised" budgetary plan from Italy and will give their analysis on the 21st of November. They should decide whether to begin disciplinary measures against the Rome government. Italy could face possible fines. 14/11/2018
Europe News Portugal populist exception? In the proposed State Budget for 2019, the Portuguese Government estimates a deficit of 0.2% of GDP, with the ambition of setting it at 0 % of GDP by 2020. Portugal is often praised as the good pupil of the eurozone in contrast to Italy, which plans to up spending, going against eurozone rules. 05/11/2018
Europe News Croatia's euro bid The EU Commissioner for the euro, Valdis Dombrovskis, met with the Croatian government in Zagreb today to discuss the country's prospects to join the euro. 30/10/2018
Europe News Eurozone Finance Ministers Weigh Up Debt Relief for Greece At the 20th Eurogroup meeting of Eurozone finance ministers, the Greek economy was on the agenda. They are weighing up the question of debt relief for Greece as well as the surveillance of its economy in the years to come. 21/06/2018
Europe News Merkel's vision for transformed EU Angela Merkel has been turning heads with her wide-ranging comments on how to reform the eurozone, overhaul EU institutions and deal with the migrant crisis. 04/06/2018
Europe News Brief from Brussels: Italy's political turmoil threatens trouble for EU In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: there may be trouble ahead for the EU and eurozone, as the political uncertainty continues in Italy; and 29/05/2018
Europe News EU-Italy: there may be trouble ahead As political uncertainty continues in Italy, eyes turn to possible impact on EU and eurozone 29/05/2018
Europe News Macron's EU ambitions, one year on After a year in office, how much progress has the French President made with his vision for a deeper Europe? 07/05/2018
