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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.

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.

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.

Economy

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.

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Italy

2018 review: EU and Rome at loggerheads over budget and debt

2018 review: EU and Rome at loggerheads over budget and debt

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

World News

Europe briefing: Five stories to know about today

We take a look back at the top stories from around Europe this morning.

World

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.

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

Economy

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

World

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.

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.

Economy

Ministers say Rome needs to come up with new ideas

The tone was polite, but an escalation is likely over the coming weeks

Economy

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

World

Hammond promises 'end to austerity' if UK negotiates Brexit deal

The UK’s Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced that Britain’s "era of austerity is finally coming to an end", provided the government secures a Brexit deal with the EU.

World News

Raw Politics: British budget, Bolsonaro victory, Merkel announcement

On this episode of Raw Politics, the panel discusses German Chancellor Angela Merkel's announcement that she will not be running for reelection while far-right Jair Bolsonaro wins in the Brazil election.