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20 Apr 20
European economies will need at least €500bn from EU institutions to tackle the Covid-19 financial crisis, the head of the EU’s bailout body has said.
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2 Apr 20
The coronavirus crisis has shown the EU’s fiscal rules to be in immediate need of reform, senior economists at Finland’s national audit office have claimed.
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24 Mar 20
Germany has announced €156bn of new spending to fight the economic effects of the coronavirus.
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17 Mar 20
France is mobilising €45bn to help keep its economy afloat, the finance minister announced, after president Emmanuel Macron declared the country was “at war” with the coronavirus.
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2 Mar 20
A party vowing to stamp out corruption has been given a big win in the Slovakian parliamentary elections on Saturday by an electorate angry at graft.
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28 Feb 20
European finance ministers are considering intervention in their economies to counter the impact of coronavirus outbreaks.
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26 Feb 20
French president Emmanuel Macron’s deficit reduction plans have faltered due to deviations from his planned programme of cuts, according to the country’s national audit office.
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18 Feb 20
A UK territory is one of four jurisdictions that has been added to the EU’s tax blacklist, after failing to implement reforms by an agreed deadline.
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6 Feb 20
The European Commission has begun the process of overhauling the EU’s fiscal rules that it imposes on member countries.
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4 Feb 20
Money the EU should be spending on fostering security and resilience in Africa is increasingly being used to close borders and stifle migration, Oxfam researchers have revealed.
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24 Jan 20
In the wake of Italy’s worst roadbridge disaster, an emerging new structure symbolises much-needed professionalisation of the country’s infrastructure management
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14 Jan 20
The Latvian government has been urged to develop a solution to tackle the country’s crumbling housing stock.
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14 Jan 20
The EU runs a trade surplus with itself of more than €300bn, a number that should be zero, and measurement errors alone are not a sufficient explanation, researchers have warned.
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14 Jan 20
Germany recorded its largest ever budget surplus in 2019, the ministry of finance has announced.
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13 Jan 20
A compromise on pension reform hoped to bring about the end of more than a month of strikes in France has been submitted to trade unions by the country’s prime minister.
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8 Jan 20
A coalition of progressive parties will form Spain’s new government after nearly a year of political stalemate.
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7 Jan 20
Ireland’s highest ever corporation tax yield has been welcomed by its finance minister, but he warned that an over-reliance on one revenue source must be avoided.
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18 Dec 19
Finnish economic growth is expected to slow in the next few years as public finances weaken, according to the government’s economists.
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17 Dec 19
Estonia has been urged to use its robust economic growth and strong public finances to improve income equality and wellbeing.
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17 Dec 19
The draft Portuguese budget projects the first fiscal surplus since the country’s transition to democracy 45 years ago.
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17 Dec 19
French president Emmanuel Macron suffered a blow to his pension reform ambitions as the high commissioner for pensions resigned amid countrywide strikes.
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6 Dec 19
France’s Court of Audit has given authorities in the country 11 recommendations to fight tax fraud.
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4 Dec 19
Auditors have called on the EU to impose stronger rules on its member countries’ budgets, to avoid future financial crises.
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3 Dec 19
Spending €1 on health initiatives for children aged between three and 11 leads to a return of €1.30 in the future, auditors in Lithuania have found.
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28 Nov 19
The EU now meets “high standards of accountability and transparency when spending public money”, the European Court of Auditors has concluded.
20 Apr 20European economies will need at least €500bn from EU institutions to tackle the Covid-19 financial crisis, the head of the EU’s bailout body has said.
2 Apr 20The coronavirus crisis has shown the EU’s fiscal rules to be in immediate need of reform, senior economists at Finland’s national audit office have claimed.
24 Mar 20Germany has announced €156bn of new spending to fight the economic effects of the coronavirus.
17 Mar 20France is mobilising €45bn to help keep its economy afloat, the finance minister announced, after president Emmanuel Macron declared the country was “at war” with the coronavirus.
2 Mar 20A party vowing to stamp out corruption has been given a big win in the Slovakian parliamentary elections on Saturday by an electorate angry at graft.
28 Feb 20European finance ministers are considering intervention in their economies to counter the impact of coronavirus outbreaks.
18 Feb 20A UK territory is one of four jurisdictions that has been added to the EU’s tax blacklist, after failing to implement reforms by an agreed deadline.
4 Feb 20Money the EU should be spending on fostering security and resilience in Africa is increasingly being used to close borders and stifle migration, Oxfam researchers have revealed.
24 Jan 20In the wake of Italy’s worst roadbridge disaster, an emerging new structure symbolises much-needed professionalisation of the country’s infrastructure management
14 Jan 20The Latvian government has been urged to develop a solution to tackle the country’s crumbling housing stock.
14 Jan 20The EU runs a trade surplus with itself of more than €300bn, a number that should be zero, and measurement errors alone are not a sufficient explanation, researchers have warned.
13 Jan 20A compromise on pension reform hoped to bring about the end of more than a month of strikes in France has been submitted to trade unions by the country’s prime minister.
8 Jan 20A coalition of progressive parties will form Spain’s new government after nearly a year of political stalemate.
7 Jan 20Ireland’s highest ever corporation tax yield has been welcomed by its finance minister, but he warned that an over-reliance on one revenue source must be avoided.
18 Dec 19Finnish economic growth is expected to slow in the next few years as public finances weaken, according to the government’s economists.
17 Dec 19Estonia has been urged to use its robust economic growth and strong public finances to improve income equality and wellbeing.
17 Dec 19The draft Portuguese budget projects the first fiscal surplus since the country’s transition to democracy 45 years ago.
4 Dec 19Auditors have called on the EU to impose stronger rules on its member countries’ budgets, to avoid future financial crises.
3 Dec 19Spending €1 on health initiatives for children aged between three and 11 leads to a return of €1.30 in the future, auditors in Lithuania have found.
