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
World News Euroviews. The EU’s COVID-19 budget and recovery plans must ensure a safe and healthy future for all ǀ View Billions of euros of collective public monies will be invested to restart Europe’s economy, as countries emerge from lockdown. The level of investment is set to spark a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape the direction of our societies and to resonate in countries far from Europe. 06/05/2020
United Kingdom Euroviews. The levy to fight financial crime in the UK could prove a breaking point for regulated firms ǀ View Why it should be the businesses in the regulated sector rather than the state that should have to fund the fight against financial crime? These businesses are the gatekeepers to a financial and economic system that is open to abuse by money launderers and terrorist financiers. 18/03/2020
United Kingdom UK announces ‘largest giveaway budget since 1992’ to battle COVID-19 The UK’s finance minister RishiSunak says the health service will get whatever resources it needs to tackle the coronavirus. 11/03/2020
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
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
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
World News 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
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. 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