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Law challenged by Eurosceptic group over fears of European fiscal union
Instability caused by resignation of PM Conte casts shadow over reform plans
Governments must implement tough reforms, says Germany’s former finance minister
Changes form part of commitments Madrid must make in return for EU recovery funding
Biggest beneficiaries from fund have poor record in using cash from Brussels
Wish list for likes of Telefónica, Iberdrola and Seat include 100% broadband coverage and car-charging network
Top commission official says safeguards essential as ‘river of money’ flows from pandemic recovery deal
Budget stand-off over rule of law ends in neither victory nor defeat for Hungary and Poland
EU leaders surmounted divisions to achieve historic €750bn package involving common borrowing
Leaders of Hungary and Poland drop vetoes on rule of law mechanism linked to bloc budget
Polish deputy PM says agreement within reach but draft needs signing off by member states and parliament
Angela Merkel should take a firm stand on behalf of EU in battle over values
Failure to settle budget stand-off could tarnish German chancellor’s legacy
Eastern countries are demanding money and guarantees for signing up to the EU’s new 2030 emissions goal
The EU budget commissioner warns Poland and Hungary that Brussels is ready to cut them out of the recovery fund
Bloc drawing up plans to push through €750bn project over two nations’ objections
Viktor Orban and Mateusz Morawiecki restate opposition to plan that ties bloc funds to rule of law
Ludovic Orban says their stance on rule of law ‘is against the whole of Europe’
Hungary and Poland insist Brussels will have to offer concessions to break deadlock
Leaders begin talks to break impasse over ‘rule of law’ conditions weeks before December deadline
Effort to tighten emissions and release funds for green measures hangs on dispute with Poland and Hungary
Both feel unfairly targeted, while febrile domestic politics constrain Warsaw’s room for manoeuvre
Objections by Hungary and Poland should not obscure progress Brussels has made this year
Leaders set to discuss resistance from Budapest and Warsaw on rule of law in video call on Thursday
Move by Budapest and Warsaw holds up the centrepiece of the bloc’s economic response to the pandemic
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