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EU common budget

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    EU economy
    Brussels explores Draghi option of extending up to €350bn in EU debt

    Without additional funding the European Commission fears debt obligations will hobble the bloc’s spending power

    Mario Draghi and Ursula von der Leyen stand together, smiling and holding documents, during a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels. A backdrop with stars, reminiscent of the EU flag, is visible behind them.
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
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    Also in this newsletter: Hungary’s migrant spat with Belgium stirs up old grievances

    Mario Draghi and Ursula von der Leyen
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
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    EU urged to overhaul €387bn farm subsidies regime

    Report suggests basing Common Agricultural Policy payments on income not acreage and calls for curbing meat production

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  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Europe Express
    EU should double budget size and cut farming subsidies, experts say Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Ukraine prepares for a bitter winter

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  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why the battle over the EU’s next €1.2tn budget has already begun Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: the Netherlands refuses to donate mpox vaccines to Africa

    Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President, smiles while looking to the side after delivering her speech at the GLOBSEC regional security forum in Prague on August 30, 2024. She is standing in front of a blue backdrop with "GLOBSEC" logos.
  • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
    EU set to clash with member states over ‘defining’ budget overhaul

    Commission says era of ‘funding with no conditions’ is gone

    The Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission, in Brussels, with several people walking in front of the building. The facade is adorned with European Union flags and a large display reading "REPowerEU". The sky is partly cloudy.
  • Sunday, 25 August, 2024
    Martin Sandbu
    To succeed, Europe must be a pole of economic attraction

    The bloc’s motto of ‘united in diversity’ should make it choose majority over consensus where possible

    Ursula von der Leyen
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    European Union
    EU diplomats ordered to cancel parties after budget crunch

    Overspending triggers expenses crackdown on bloc’s external action service, hitting travel plans and functions

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  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Interview
    Von der Leyen backs EU budget links to economic reforms

    European Commission president seeks to replicate ‘success’ of post-pandemic recovery fund

    Ursula von der Leyen
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Europe Express
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    Also in this newsletter: why immigration is reopening old Brexit wounds in Ireland

    Paul Magnette
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why a fight over the next EU budget is already starting to brew Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: How Gazprom is trying to re-enter European football

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  • Monday, 25 March, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why the ban on using EU funds for arms could become more flexible Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Finland’s PM on the threat from Russian migration

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, and European Council President Charles Michel on their way to hold a press conference
  • Thursday, 21 March, 2024
    EU defence
    EU looks to bypass treaty ban on buying arms to support Ukraine

    Brussels proposes ‘legal task force’ to explore ways to use the common budget for defence

    Ukrainian soldiers prepare to fire a multiple-launch rocket system near Bakhmut
  • Thursday, 14 March, 2024
    European Commission
    EU parliament sues Ursula von der Leyen’s commission over Hungary funds

    European Commission president unblocked €10bn to secure Budapest’s backing for Ukraine aid

    Ursula von der Leyen
  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Europe Express
    Ukraine set to receive first tranche of fresh EU funding within weeks Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: getting Big Tech to remove EU election deepfakes

    Olivér Várhelyi
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: geopolitics
    EU agrees €50bn support package for Ukraine

    Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán rescinds veto after weeks of pressure from fellow leaders

    Viktor Orbán shakes hands with fellow EU leaders
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    EU eastern tensions
    EU leaders ‘cautiously optimistic’ on deal with Orbán over Ukraine

    Brussels summit is bloc’s last attempt to secure €50bn funding for Kyiv and prevent irreparable rift

    Viktor Orban
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    Europe Express
    How Orbán’s intransigence has pushed the EU’s patience to breaking point Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Solar producers call for emergency help to deal with Chinese competition

    Viktor Orbán
  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    EU extends olive branch to Viktor Orbán to unlock Ukraine aid

    Last-minute offer ahead of leaders’ summit falls short of Hungarian prime minister’s demands

    Viktor Orbán
  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    News in-depthEU defence
    EU shifts spending focus from climate to defence

    War in Ukraine and tightening national budgets prompt bloc’s funding priorities to change

    A production line of artillery ammunition
  • Sunday, 28 January, 2024
    Hungary
    Brussels threatens to hit Hungary’s economy if Orbán vetoes Ukraine aid

    EU strategy aims to spook investors by cutting off funding to Budapest in stand-off over €50bn package

    Viktor Orbán and EU flags
  • Tuesday, 23 January, 2024
    InterviewEU economy
    EU’s €800bn recovery fund held back by red tape, industry chief warns

    Post-pandemic plan ‘very, very difficult to access’, says head of ERT lobby group Jean-François van Boxmeer

    Jean-François van Boxmeer
  • Sunday, 14 January, 2024
    Martin Sandbu
    A grand bargain on the next EU budget is possible

    The need for boldness didn’t pass with the bloc’s post-pandemic recovery fund

    Ministers in charge of social affairs and employment pose for a family picture during an EU informal meeting in Namur, Belgium, on Friday
  • Friday, 12 January, 2024
    Europe Express
    How Brussels and Budapest can claim victory from a Ukraine aid compromise Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Meloni’s fascist salute headache

    Viktor Orbán
  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
    Brexit
    EU faces potential €450mn post-Brexit bill on empty London offices

    European Medicines Agency saddled with 15-year liability for lease after subtenant WeWork stops paying rent

    A view on the European Medicines Agency building at Canary Wharf, London
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