Without additional funding the European Commission fears debt obligations will hobble the bloc’s spending power
Also in this newsletter: Hungary’s migrant spat with Belgium stirs up old grievances
Report suggests basing Common Agricultural Policy payments on income not acreage and calls for curbing meat production
Also in this newsletter: Ukraine prepares for a bitter winter
Also in this newsletter: the Netherlands refuses to donate mpox vaccines to Africa
Commission says era of ‘funding with no conditions’ is gone
The bloc’s motto of ‘united in diversity’ should make it choose majority over consensus where possible
Overspending triggers expenses crackdown on bloc’s external action service, hitting travel plans and functions
European Commission president seeks to replicate ‘success’ of post-pandemic recovery fund
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Brussels proposes ‘legal task force’ to explore ways to use the common budget for defence
European Commission president unblocked €10bn to secure Budapest’s backing for Ukraine aid
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Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán rescinds veto after weeks of pressure from fellow leaders
Brussels summit is bloc’s last attempt to secure €50bn funding for Kyiv and prevent irreparable rift
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Last-minute offer ahead of leaders’ summit falls short of Hungarian prime minister’s demands
War in Ukraine and tightening national budgets prompt bloc’s funding priorities to change
EU strategy aims to spook investors by cutting off funding to Budapest in stand-off over €50bn package
Post-pandemic plan ‘very, very difficult to access’, says head of ERT lobby group Jean-François van Boxmeer
The need for boldness didn’t pass with the bloc’s post-pandemic recovery fund
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European Medicines Agency saddled with 15-year liability for lease after subtenant WeWork stops paying rent