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EU funding for Spanish rail safety under scrutiny after latest high-speed crash
The second deadly crash on the line this year, after 46 people died near Adamuz, Córdoba province, on January 18.
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End of the social democracy supercycle
After decades of robust economic growth, European social democracy now faces unsustainable pension and healthcare obligations due to declining fertility and stagnant…
Costa takes over EU budget talks and looks to new Brussels taxes
Leaders spent more than five hours arguing in Brussels without moving, leaving the European Council president to redraw the 2028-2034 package himself.
EU innovation funding rarely reaches the market
Around half of a €17 billion push for industrial leadership went to universities and research centres rather than to companies, the European Court of Auditors…
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EU auditors warn greater flexibility in next long-term budget could make misuse harder to detect
ECA President Tony Murphy told Politico key elements of the plan would amount to greater reliance on national systems in a form of “self-policing”.
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Irish presidency proposes 8 per cent cut to Commission’s 2028-2034 EU budget plan
The proposal sets total commitments at roughly €1.62 trillion in 2025 prices, or about €1.83 trillion in current prices.
Brussels rejects Italian and Greek calls to loosen EU fiscal rules
Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis warned that piling new exemptions on to the budget framework would erode the credibility of the rules themselves.
EU budget errors climb for a second year
On spending they issued an adverse opinion for the seventh year in a row, meaning the errors were material and pervasive.
Brussels sends Moldova more growth plan cash as two reform targets go unmet
The third payment under the €1.
Ireland races to rescue EU capital markets overhaul
Dublin has a week left to bridge a decade-old split over who polices Europe's financial markets.
German Europe minister says Costa has lost touch with reality on EU budget
Berlin's Europe minister has rejected the European Council President's push for new EU taxes as net contributors demand deep cuts to the European Commission's near-€2…
Member states back cuts to EU staff pay in next long-term budget
Salaries and buildings emerged as the likeliest target for savings as the Irish presidency prepared a fresh offer to national capitals.
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Visegrad Group vows to block EU policies that raise energy prices
The group has no formal institutional structure, relying instead on consultations among prime ministers and government ministries, with cross-border initiatives…
EU releases new defence payment to Ukraine for drones, missiles and fighter jets
Commission budget spokesman Balazs Ujvari said Brussels would take no summer pause in shifting the money to Kiev.
Merz demands hundreds of billions in cuts to next EU budget
The German Chancellor used a visit to Dublin to harden Berlin's line as Ireland takes charge of the negotiations on the 2028-2034 spending package.
The EU is spending €1.23 billion to make Europeans less resilient
The EU is set to invest €1.
Spain pushes vast new joint borrowing plan, setting up clash with northern states
The Commission would centralise part of the funding programmes now run separately by national treasuries, issuing bonds and passing the proceeds back to participating…
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Europe hunts for kulaks
The EU faces tough budget negotiations as Germany pushes for cuts amid impending debt repayments.
Ireland’s EU presidency set to cost around €185 million
To prepare, the country has doubled its permanent representation in Brussels to about 250 officials.
Belgium moves to curb highest pensions of wealthy eurocrats
An absolute maximum pension ceiling has already been introduced, the "Wijninckx ceiling", putting the max at €8,291.60 gross.
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EU member states clash over figures for next long-term budget
Ministers did agree the outline of several new instruments, including a single national and regional plan for each country.
Von der Leyen’s €1.4 billion Bauhaus struggles to leave its mark as new festival opens
This year's programme has placed affordable housing and what the Commission calls democratic engagement at its centre.
EU’s €90 billion Ukraine loan starts to flow amid buy-European doubts
The loan was agreed by EU leaders in December 2025 and finalised in April, after Hungary lifted a two-month veto.
EU budget: Germany’s contributions could rise by 80 per cent, Belgian PM warns for ‘dizzying’ bill
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen would like to have more than €2 trillion at her disposal between 2028 and 2034.
Northern EU states reject ‘Friends of Cohesion’ push to expand farm budget and stretch recovery debt repayment
The signatories argued in their statement that the CAP, the Common Fisheries Policy and Cohesion were "the only policies facing cuts in real terms".
EU’s Spring 2026 Economic Forecast sees growth down, inflation up
The Commission noted weaker private consumption and investment, compounded by persistent structural problems.
Spanish Government diverted another €8.5 billion in EU funds to pay for pensions and social spending
The government has not clarified another €3 billion for civil servants' pensions in 2025 that may have been funded the same way.
Spanish Government accused of diverting EU Recovery Funds to pay pensions
In a rare public fracture at Spain’s Tribunal de Cuentas, the country’s top fiscal watchdog, several senior auditors have tried to block the routine approval…
EU’s €90 bn ‘loan’ to Kiev is a bet on Ukraine victory and Russian humiliation. Oh, sure thing
The EU has finally agreed to lend Ukraine another €90 billion.
UK ‘must pay €1.6bn per year’ to access Single Market, says EU
The European Union has told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that the UK must make annual payments of approximately £1 billion (€1.