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brussels bureau 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
Hungary Hungary's Szijjártó says spend on counterterrorism not migration aid Péter Szijjárto says the UN's budget is a "huge risk" to those countries that are most affected by migration, and the money would be better spent on fighting terrorism. 12/02/2020
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
brussels bureau 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
brussels bureau 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
World EU Commission delays decision on Italy's budget The EU executive had been expected to decide at its weekly meeting on Tuesday whether to recommend disciplinary action against Italy over its growing debt. 01/07/2019
Iceland Wow Air goes bust, leaves passengers stranded across two continents After going bust on Thursday, Icelandic budget carrier Wow Air left passengers stranded across two continents. 28/03/2019
Spain Spain's Sanchez likely to call snap-election if budget is voted down Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is trying to get a budget approved on Wednesday but with no support from Catalan nationalist parties and calls by the conservative parties to call a general election, he is running out of options. 12/02/2019
Italy What's behind the newly approved Italian welfare reforms? The Italian government has approved welfare and pension reforms that were the main pledge of the Five Star Movement campaign. 17/01/2019
Italy Italian government gets 2019 budget through parliament The budget fixes the deficit at 2%, but lacks innovation and runs scared of EU spending limits, while some say despite the government's claims of reforms, it is business as usual. 30/12/2018
Italy Italian government easily defeats vote of no-confidence Shrugs off criticisms to pass 2019 budget that bows to Brussels and does not go nearly as far with public spending increases as first planned. 29/12/2018
Italy 2018 review: EU and Rome at loggerheads over budget and debt 2018 review: EU and Rome at loggerheads over budget and debt 26/12/2018
Greece Greek parliament approves 2019 budget, the first since exiting bailouts Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras referred to the first budget of a free Greece after parliament approved the 2019 budget, the first since exiting bailouts 19/12/2018
Italy Italy budget crisis averted after EU agreement A deal between Italy and the European Commission over its contested 2019 budget appeared to have been reached. 19/12/2018
Italy Vehicle tax drives budget fallout among Italy's ruling populists The ruling Five Star Movement and its coalition partner, the League party, look to have had a falling out over the budget. 06/12/2018
Italy Italy's Senate finance committee stick to high-spending budget plans However, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio has suggested the government might be willing to reduce the deficit target to end the stand-off with the EU. 27/11/2018
Italy Mafia villas in Rome demolished in effort to rout organised crime from city Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is behind a crackdown on "illegal" villas inhabited by members of the Casamonica mafia clan - an organised crime group with Romani roots. 26/11/2018
world news Europe briefing: Five stories to know about today We take a look back at the top stories from around Europe this morning. 22/11/2018
Raw Politics Italy budget: 'EC would be softer if Rome had mainstream government' Brussels’ reaction to Italy’s budget would have been softer if it was dealing with a more mainstream government. That was the claim of Latvian MEP Roberts Zile, reacting on Euronews’ Raw Politics programme to the European Commission's threat of sanctions against Rome. 21/11/2018
brussels bureau 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
brussels bureau 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
Raw Politics Raw Politics: Italy's budget tussle with Brussels Italy is expected to resubmit a high-spending budget to the EU on Tuesday. The Raw Politics panel discuss if austerity is the way to go to reinvigorate Italy's economy. 12/11/2018
Italy Raw Politics: Europe should follow Italy on spending, says Di Maio Rome has vowed it won’t back down over Italy’s controversial budget and said it should service as a recipe for the rest of the continent. 05/11/2018
brussels bureau 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
brussels bureau 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
