EU Budget
Latest news, analysis and comment on the EU budget.
EU should use pandemic recovery funds to combat high energy prices, Greek PM says
Bloc should be ‘creative’ with €230B in unused loans, or member states will have to act unilaterally, Kyriakos Mitsotakis says.
EU countries spend record €198B on defense in 2020 as joint spending slumps: report
EU to postpone digital tax proposal
Merkel’s report card: Grading Germany’s EU presidency
10 key details in the UK-EU trade deal
Commission publishes full text of UK-EU Brexit trade agreement
EU recovery fund deal may get money flowing in summer
A call to recognize local governments in migration governance
Open letter from the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (U.N. Habitat),United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) in the framework of the Mediterranean City-to-City Migration project (MC2CM)
Michael Gove: No Brexit talks next year if negotiations fail
UK Cabinet minister hints Britain will reciprocate the EU’s no-deal contingency measures.
Council grants final approval to 2021-2027 EU budget
Sign off means €1 trillion, seven-year budget will come into effect January 1.
European Parliament approves 2021-2027 EU budget
The European Parliament today granted its consent to the EU’s seven-year budget set to begin on January 1. The vote marks one of the final stages of …
Jourová: EU won’t use rule of law powers in ‘activist’ way
The EU cannot pay for ‘the wrong things, the wrong people, the wrong systems.’
UK unlikely to participate in Erasmus+ post Brexit
Michel Barnier tells MEPs negotiators have not struck a deal on UK participation in the EU scheme.
5 reasons why Bucharest won the EU cyber center race
Romania has built up a reputation for cybersecurity by strengthening national capabilities.
At summit, EU leaders dial back to edge forward
Heads of state and government sealed deals on the EU budget (again) and climate targets.
EU leaders back deal to end budget blockade by Hungary and Poland
Compromise defuses clash over rule of law in short term but deep divisions remain.
Bucharest to host new EU cyber research hub
The Romanian capital pipped Brussels in the second round of voting.
EU budget plan lets Hungary, Poland off the rule-of-law hook (for now)
EU leaders to discuss compromise designed to convince Budapest and Warsaw to stop blocking the EU’s €1.8 trillion budget-and-recovery package.
Germany presents plan to end EU budget blockade by Hungary, Poland
Compromise suggests scheme to link payouts to rule of law would be used only after court ruling.
Poland signals rule of law budget deal within reach
Deputy PM says he expects agreement by Friday at latest.
Orbán: Agreement close on rule of law in EU budget battle
Leaders of Hungary and Poland hold talks ahead of summit of EU leaders.
Orbán’s MEPs face fresh anger in European Parliament group
Budget blockade and ‘Gestapo’ remarks prompt threats of exclusion.
Climate deal ‘difficult’ unless EU budget stalemate broken
Hungary and Poland’s EU budget veto could leave the bloc ‘with its trousers down’ at a U.N. summit.
Czech PM Babiš faces long road after EU audit
The billionaire faces a potentially bigger blow in a forthcoming probe on farm funds, transparency watchdog warns.
Viktor Orbán rejects rule of law compromise idea
The Hungarian prime minister insisted that the EU budget and rule of law must be separated.
Poland blinks first ahead of showdown at the EU budget corral
Polish deputy premier signals possible compromise on €1.8 trillion budget-and-recovery plan.
Polish deputy PM: Room for compromise in EU budget standoff
Poland could drop its opposition to the EU’s landmark €1.8 trillion budget-and-recovery package in exchange for a “binding” declaration on rule-of-law plans, Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin …
Von der Leyen threatens EU recovery fund without Hungary and Poland
In video call, Commission president says she will propose fund with 25 countries if no progress soon.
Commission confirms conflict of interest finding against Czech PM Babiš
The report finds that Babiš controls the Agrofert group of companies, despite having transferred his assets into two trust funds.
What European commissioners have been up to in Year 1
A dive into calendar data reveals who’s been busy — or at least who says they’ve been busy.
The von der Leyen Commission end-of-year report card
Who’s top of the class and who flunked the first year? Every commissioner reviewed and rated.
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