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Despite enormous challenges, the EU sticks with its puny budget
Crafting a budget for 27 countries stretching from Lapland to Lisbon is a fiddly process. In fiscal terms the “multi-annual ...
EU's biggest-ever budget faces backlash
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled the EU’s biggest-ever budget, but a chaotic rollout and ...
EU Proposes Draft Budget Close to €2 Trillion for 2028-2034
The European Union has proposed a budget of close to €2 trillion ($2.3 trillion) for its next seven year budget, as it seeks ...
What's In The EU's Two-trillion-euro Budget Bazooka?
EU members got their first chance on Friday to debate the bloc's two-trillion-euro budget bazooka, laying bare divisions ...
Hungary's Orban says proposed new budget will 'ruin the EU'
The European Commission's proposed new budget lacks clear strategic foundations and would ruin the European Union, Hungarian ...
EU Budget Proposal ‘Dead on Arrival,’ Says Dutch Minister
Dutch Finance Minister Eelco Heinen rejected the European Commission’s €2 trillion ($2.3 trillion) budget proposal, calling ...
EU eyes defense spending boost in trillion-dollar budget
The European Commission advanced a $2.3 trillion budget proposal that would boost EU defense spending through the next three ...
Taxation in EU budget proposal sends 'wrong signal', German minister says
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil doubled down on Berlin's criticism of the European Commission's proposed budget on ...
Germany Rejects EU’s Proposed €2 Trillion Draft Budget
Good morning. Germany said no to the European Commission’s €2 trillion budget proposal. Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz will ...
E&E News2d
Brussels slashes the EU farm budget, calls it a win. Farmers call it a declaration of war.
The European Commission says it’s protecting farmers with a smaller but ring-fenced budget. Europe’s farmers say the cuts ...
EU Commission proposes 'smarter and sharper' 2 trillion euro budget
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a 2 trillion euro ($2.31 trillion) EU budget for 2028 to 2034, placing a new ...
Von der Leyen unveils hugely increased 'strategic' €2 trillion EU budget