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    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Eurozone economy
      EU countries urged to phase out huge energy subsidies

      Brussels prepares to reimpose budget rules suspended when pandemic began

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Europe Express
      The argument for splitting Sweden and Finland’s Nato membership bids Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: the messy fight over how to put the EU’s fiscal rules back in place

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Brussels sees urgent need for deal to reform EU budget rules

      Commissioner Gentiloni signals existing pact no longer ‘fit for purpose’ and must get past political stand-off

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      Free LunchMartin Sandbu
      The EU begins to grasp its fiscal nettle Premium content

      New proposal accepts that budget rules must complement politics, not substitute for it

    • Monday, 7 November, 2022
      Europe Express
      Ireland seeks to maintain its grip on eurogroup crown Premium content

      Dublin reshuffle complicates looming talks over presidency of finance ministers’ group

    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      IMF calls for shake-up of EU borrowing powers and debt rules

      Reform of bloc’s fiscal framework cannot wait and new downturn fund needed, says fund policy paper

    • Monday, 23 May, 2022
      Europe Express
      Why seizing and selling Russian assets is dogged by legal issues Premium content

      Several EU capitals are pressing for Russian assets to be used to pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction

    • Monday, 7 March, 2022
      Europe Express
      EU considers relaxing state aid rules in response to war Premium content

      Bloc looks at measures to cushion impact of stopping business with Russia

    • Monday, 31 January, 2022
      Europe Express
      Draghi staying on strengthens hand of EU fiscal reformists Premium content

      Markets and like-minded EU leaders are likely to welcome Rome’s decision

    • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
      News in-depth
      Brussels riven by splits over proposed EU budget rule reform

      Budget commissioner Hahn advocates frugal approach, while France and Italy favour looser spending

    • Thursday, 23 December, 2021
      Franco-Italian call for investment intensifies debate over EU budget rules

      Mario Draghi and Emmanuel Macron write in FT they want deficit rules to allow bloc to tackle long-term challenges

    • Friday, 26 November, 2021
      EU economy
      Draghi urges EU to confront ‘inevitable’ reform of fiscal rules

      Italian premier addresses public finances as he signs new co-operation treaty with French president Emmanuel Macron

    • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
      Brussels warns Italy to rein in government spending growth

      European Commission flags budget risks in high-debt economies

    • Saturday, 11 September, 2021
      EU to examine changes to debt-reduction rule

      European policymakers prepare for tough debate over labyrinthine Stability and Growth Pact 

    • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
      InterviewEU economy
      EU economy chief urges end to ‘muddling through’ with budget rules

      Brussels cannot carry on fudging its own rules to blunt their negative impact, says Paolo Gentiloni

    • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
      EU set to extend suspension of budget rules

      Brussels will lay out conditions for reimposing fiscal framework relaxed during pandemic

    • Monday, 11 January, 2021
      Europe Express
      Decision-time looms on EU budget rules as pandemic fallout grows Premium content

      Positive developments for economy cannot mask long-term pain from soaring public debt

    • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
      Romania
      Romania PM berates Poland and Hungary over EU budget veto

      Ludovic Orban says their stance on rule of law ‘is against the whole of Europe’

    • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
      News in-depthGlobal Insight
      Rule of law dispute overshadows EU budget breakthroughs

      Objections by Hungary and Poland should not obscure progress Brussels has made this year

    • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
      EU may need to extend suspension of budget rules, commissioner says

      Paolo Gentiloni warns that idea of ‘V-shaped recovery’ is an ‘illusion’

    • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
      EU urged not to delay overhaul of budget rules

      Higher debt burdens caused by pandemic should force rethink, says European Fiscal Board

    • Monday, 30 March, 2020
      Europe Express
      Brussels seeks to unlock a corona-fighting budget

      Officials look to repurpose stalled plans for next seven years of EU funding

    • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
      EU’s fiscal rule book needs a rewrite, Brussels admits

      Stability and growth pact viewed as too complex and difficult to explain

    • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
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    • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
      France and Italy warned by Brussels over high debt levels

      Spending plans risk breaching EU rules, says European Commission

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