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EU sees deeper eurozone recession in 2013 The European Commission, in its Spring Economic Forecast, has revised down growth figures for the eurozone with worsening contraction for 2013. “We expect… 03/05/2013
EU leaders agree to a balance of growth and strict budgets EU leaders meeting in Brussels for their Spring summit are in a frosty mood due to criticism back home against government-led austerity measures… 15/03/2013
MEPs reject EU budget deal MEPs have rejected the EU budget deal agreed by leaders last month. The European Parliament said it wants more flexibility in the 960-billion-euro spending… 13/03/2013
Budget, jobs and growth: the European Parliament has its say This week, I Talk takes a look at hot European topics. Our guest is Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, vice-chair of the Budgets Commission at the European… 13/03/2013
Fighting over the CAP Farm subsidies represent the largest slice of the EU’s proposed budget for 2014 -2020. Negotiations are at a critical stage on revamping the Common… 06/03/2013
Dalia Grybauskaite: EU budget is an austerity and crisis budget Asked by euronews for her reaction to the multi-annual budget agreed at the European summit, Lithuania’a President Dalia Grybauskaite said she recognised that… 08/02/2013
Europe Weekly: EU leaders agree budget deal EU leaders agree a deal for the bloc’s seven-year budget, EU, UN and the African Union discuss the latest developments in Mali, and European civil servants go… 08/02/2013
Cameron revels in his European ‘Thatcher’ moment David Cameron has claimed victory after succeeding in his push for the EU to spend less. The British prime minister said that European taxpayers would not… 08/02/2013
EU leaders seal historic budget cut EU leaders have agreed to cut the bloc’s spending for the first time in its history. The headline figure of 960 billion euros is down by three percent from… 08/02/2013
EU leaders reach budget deal European leaders have reached agreement on the EU´s long-term spending plans. The president of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy announced the news… 08/02/2013
Merkel, Cameron set to clash over EU cash with Hollande German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron were set to clash with French President Francois Hollande on Thursday. Germany and… 07/02/2013
MEPs argue for bigger EU budget An ‘austerity-driven’ EU budget will get the thumbs down from the European Parliament, MEPs told euronews on Wednesday. Several members expressed concern… 06/02/2013
Deal or no deal on EU spending? EU leaders will meet on Thursday to decide how to finance Europe over the next seven years. They hope to approve the bloc’s next budget by Friday. Some one… 06/02/2013
Hollande warns Europe’s fiscal hawks over EU budgetFrench President François Hollande fired a warning shot to the EU’s fiscal hawks on Tuesday. He told MEPs in Strasbourg that France would stand up for their… 05/02/2013
France’s Hollande warns UK over EU rebate French President François Hollande took aim at British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday ahead of this week’s EU budget talks. Hollande, who was… 05/02/2013
Planning the European Union budget Question from Fanny, in Strasbourg. “My question is how is the EU budget structured and why is it planned for a period of seven years?” Answered by… 01/02/2013
EU civil servants plan strike over cuts ahead of summitThree European civil servants unions in Brussels have issued a strike notice for February 5, ahead of the European Council meeting on February 7-8, to protest… 29/01/2013
Ireland urges EU to move forward on future farming policyIrish Agricultural Minister Simon Coveney has urged the EU to move ahead on EU farming reform. Coveney, whose brief also includes fisheries policy, said… 28/01/2013
No EU budget deal in sight German MEP Martin Schulz has downplayed chances of a deal at the next EU budget talks. He said MEPs would not hesitate to use recently acquired powers to… 25/01/2013
Eurozone and the IMF agreement to release the next tranche of aid for Greece EU leaders managed to buy Greece some time this week, now we’ll take a look at how they are trying to forge a closer union. EUROGROUP: DEAL ON GREECE The… 01/12/2012
Eurozone edges towards two-speed Europe The eurozone will move closer to creating a two-speed Europe if MEPs and the 17 countries using the single currency back plans by the European Commission for… 28/11/2012
EU agriculture ministers plot CAP defence Agriculture ministers met in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss how to protect EU farming spending ahead of next year’s budget negotiations. Spainish… 28/11/2012
Eurozone worried for France The euro crisis has been in focus once more: not only did the eurogroup fail to reach an agreement over Greece – Moody’s also downgraded France, stoking fears… 23/11/2012
Swedish PM foresees EU budget deal next year Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has told euronews that he is confident a deal can be struck on the EU budget when leaders meet next year. He spoke… 23/11/2012
Failed summit as leaders reach no deal on EU budget European leaders have failed to reach a deal on the next EU budget after two days of marathon talks. But EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy believes an… 23/11/2012
EU leaders mired in budget deadlock EU budget talks dominated the headlines here in Brussels this week. Leaders met to negotiate how much to spend on the European Union for the seven years… 23/11/2012
Slim chance of budget deal angers MEPs EU officials have downplayed any chance of any agreement on the bloc’s budget this weekend. It means that European leaders will be back to do it all again… 23/11/2012
EU civil servants went on strike earlier over proposed cuts Britain wants to trim the EU’s administrative costs. The Commission suggests pegging them to inflation for five years and cutting staff by 1 percent a… 21/11/2012
Cameron isolated ahead of EU budget talks Britain has long been viewed by many member states as the awkward partner in the European Union. Diplomats now talk openly about the UK packing its bags and… 21/11/2012
EU leaders set for budget showdown EU leaders will hold tough talks over the next two days over how much the 27-member club will spend over the next seven years. The European Commission wants… 20/11/2012
EU regions at risk over budget squabbleThe EU’s poorest regions could be the biggest losers at this week’s budget summit as member states look to agree upon how much to spend on Europe over the… 19/11/2012
Anti-austerity strikes bring chaos to streets of southern Europe This week we examine the protests engulfing Europe as anger at governmental cuts and unemployment bite across the region. We also take a look at the boycott… 16/11/2012
Europe Weekly: British Prime Minister David Cameron’s EU headache In this week’s Europe Weekly, we take a look at the challenges facing David Cameron over the european union budget after a revolt from his own party… 02/11/2012
Cuts threaten Erasmus The EU’s university exchange scheme Erasmus could be threatened by budget cuts in member states across the union. The much-loved scheme allows university… 25/10/2012
Reactions to EU summit in Brussels Economic concerns are dominating the latest EU summit in Brussels, but some commentators, analysts and politicians are looking beyond headline issues, such as… 18/10/2012
Golden rules to balanced budgets Signed by all the 27 European Union member states, except Britain and the Czech Republic, the budget pact is what Germany demanded in return for financial… 19/09/2012
MEPs warn over EU’s budget battle Europe’s efforts to boost jobs and growth risk being undone by cuts to the EU’s budget, MEPS in Strasbourg have warned. The European Parliament and national… 11/09/2012
Europe Weekly: Ireland says ‘Yes’ to treaty In this week’s Europe Weekly we take a look at Ireland’s approval of the new EU fiscal pact following its referendum. In Greece, pro-bailout parties… 01/06/2012
EU Commission calls for 2013 budget rise The European Commission has proposed a near seven percent increase in its budget for next year. EU chiefs insisted the rise was needed to help boost growth… 25/04/2012
Are EU’s new budget rules golden? The budget discipline compact signed in Brussels on Friday is needed because for years eurozone countries lived beyond their means borrowing money and running… 02/03/2012
Europe Weekly: Brussels feels the freeze In Europe Weekly this week we look back at the latest EU summit in Brussels to save the euro and efforts by the bloc’s leaders to impose stricter budget… 03/02/2012
Jerzy Buzek and your questions on the European Parliament Alex Taylor, euronews: “Europe is in a big, big mess. We elected 736 members of the European parliament in 2009. What are they doing about it? Who better to… 18/10/2011
Poland’s EU presidency outlook “A Europe of solidarity and growth, a Europe open and secure.” This is how Poland presents its outlook for holding the European Union presidency: in high and… 06/07/2011
UK’s Cameron rejects EU bank budget plan The European Union’s latest plans to boost its future budget have raised the hackles of the moneymen in the City of London. The Commission wants to collect… 30/06/2011
EU workers’ unions: Commission’s proposal ‘quite unacceptable’The EU Commission has finally released the document on public servants regulation. Essentially it means a 5 percent reduction of staff between 2013 and… 30/06/2011
What gravy train? EU staff threaten to strikeRight after the daily briefing at the EU Commission I heard clapping hands and raised voices, something of a rarity in the customarily calm and cool-headed… 22/06/2011
EU budget plan ‘not funny’ – diplomatBrussels has urged EU members to keep the wind in their sails, calling for a six point two billion euro increase in the bloc’s common budget for next… 20/04/2011
MEPs reject call to travel economy classAt a time when European citizens are being asked to tighten their purse strings and accept pay freezes and cuts, their representatives in the European… 07/04/2011
Tougher rules agreed on EU debt and imbalances European Union finance ministers have agreed tougher rules against counties’ excessive borrowing and imbalances of their economies. As part of the revamped… 15/03/2011
MEPs reject EU budget dealMEPs have rejected the EU budget deal agreed by leaders last month. The European Parliament said it wants more flexibility in the 960-billion-euro spending… 13/03/2013
Budget battle far from overBritish Prime Minister David Cameron’s victory cries in EU budget battle may prove premature as the fight over spending rumbles on. After marathon talks… 09/02/2013
EU budget deal: First ever cut in Brussels’ spendingEuropean leaders have reached agreement on the first ever cut to the EU’s budget in its 56 year history. Brussels will work to a ceiling of 960 billion… 08/02/2013
EU long-term budget deal reachedEuropean Council President Herman Van Rompuy has revealed the deal worked out by the region’s leaders to cut EU spending for the next seven years. The… 08/02/2013
Leaders poised to reach EU budget dealEuropean Union leaders are poised to reach an agreement on spending plans for the next seven years. It is reported that the figure for the bloc’s budget… 08/02/2013
EU leaders barter on budget into the nightThe EU’s chief budget negotiator Herman Van Rompuy, has tabled modest cuts to the contentious EU spending plans for 2014-2020 in late night talks in Brussels… 08/02/2013
Budget talks reveal EU divisionsEuropean Council President Herman Van Rompuy chosen not to put forward a new budget compromise to EU leaders on Thursday, due to sharp divisions between key… 07/02/2013
Short delay to start of EU summit over budget dealLast minute negotiations over the EU’s budget delayed the start of the two day leaders’ summit in Brussels on Thursday. The first talks of the year between… 07/02/2013
Time for tough talk as EU summit to hash out budget deal beginsIt was all smiles as German Chancellor Angela Merkel watched a football friendly between her country and France with French President Francois Hollande – but… 07/02/2013
French and Italian heads of state meet in ParisThe French and Italian heads of state have met in Paris, a few days ahead of the next round of EU budget talks in Brussels on Thursday. The 27-nation bloc… 04/02/2013
EU budget talks break up without agreementEuropean leaders have called off talks in Brussels over the long-term EU budget. Negotiations to fix the bloc’s finances for the 2014-2020 period have… 23/11/2012
EU staggers through budget summitDisagreements a-plenty are filtering out of the EU Budget Summit, which is struggling to set a coherent financial course for the EU for the seven years from… 23/11/2012
Hollande and Merkel doubt summit will agree EU budgetFrench President Francois Hollande has echoed German Chancellor Angela’s Merkel’s assessment that the current EU summit will not produce an agreement on the… 23/11/2012
EU farmers protest at feared cuts in subsidiesThe EU budget negotiations are making farmers across the union nervous, amid speculation that reform of the Common Agricultural Policy will lead to… 22/11/2012
National interests to dominate EU summitEuropean leaders are back in Brussels for the 25th summit since the debt crisis began three years ago. This time they are in the Belgian capital to discuss… 22/11/2012
Cameron plays hard over EU budgetBritish Prime Minister David Cameron has arrived in Brussels for the EU summit promising to go into budget talks all guns blazing – for a cut in EU spending… 22/11/2012
Cameron warned not to burn bridges with EuropeBritain is in danger of further hurting its sluggish economy if it continues to plough an anti-European furrow. So says the Confederation of British… 19/11/2012
EU parliament talks stall over 2013 budgetIt was all smiles and warm handshakes at the start of European Parliament talks on the bloc’s budget for next year. Negotiations, however, soon stalled in… 13/11/2012
Talks on EU 2013 budget collapse in disarrayTalks on the European Union’s budget for next year have collapsed in acrimony in Brussels. Negotiators for EU governments and the European Parliament did… 10/11/2012
EU budget and powers threaten UK government splitBritish leaders have been trying to smooth over a split within Prime Minister David Cameron’s party about the EU budget. More than 50 Conservative… 01/11/2012
Worst defeat for Cameron since 2010 electionUK Prime Minister David Cameron has endured what has been described as his most significant defeat since coming to power in 2010. Fifty three Tory rebels or… 01/11/2012
Merkel wants Brussels veto on state budgets that break EU rulesGerman Chancellor Anglea Merkel wants the EU to have the right to veto member states budgets. She said Brussels should be allowed to intervene when when… 18/10/2012
EU summit to back idea of separate euro zone budget – draft conclusionsThe euro zone should have its own budget, which would be separate from the long-term budget of the wider European Union, draft conclusions of an EU summit to… 09/10/2012
France finance minister vows to bring down debt without austerityFrance’s new finance minister has promised to stick to the EU’s tough budget targets – but without resorting to austerity. In Brussels to meet the bloc’s… 04/06/2012
Ireland votes in fiscal pact referendumIreland votes in a referendum on Thursday about whether to approve the terms of the EU fiscal pact that was agreed in March. It’s the only country putting… 30/05/2012
Spanish PM in Paris ahead of EU summitSpanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was in Paris to meet new French President François Hollande. It comes ahead of an informal EU summit in Brussels… 23/05/2012
EU extends Belarus sanctions over human rightsThe European Union is to extend sanctions on Belarus over President Lukashenko’s human rights record, prompting an immediate dismissive response from… 23/03/2012
EU focus on growth as Van Rompuy is re-electedAlthough debt is still very much on the agenda for EU leaders meeting at the latest summit in Brussels, they are turning their attention to growth as a… 02/03/2012
Brussels anti austerity rally calls for new approachNo more austerity! That was the demand from unions in Brussels a day before EU leaders are due to gather in the city for a summit which will be crowned with a… 29/02/2012
EU deal hailed as first step towards fiscal union“It is the first step towards a fiscal union.” So says Mario Draghi, the head of the European Central Bank, hailing a deal on stricter budget discipline… 31/01/2012
UK and Czech Republic refuse to sign EU fiscal pactChancellor Angela Merkel has finally got her way with most of Europe agreeing to a German-inspired pact for stricter budget discipline. Only Britain and the… 31/01/2012
Monti calls on EU to do more to boost growthEuropean leaders must do more to boost growth, according to Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti. He said that once new budget rules are in place on fiscal… 12/01/2012
Rehn reassures markets over debt concernsPatience will pay off – that is the message to investors from Europe’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner. Olli Rehn said Italy and Spain do not… 05/08/2011
Polish PM hits out against internal EU bordersNow is not the time to put up internal European barriers; in a crisis it is time for more integration and unity. That was the message from the Polish Prime… 06/07/2011
Brussels eyes EU sales taxThe European Commission on Wednesday called for an EU-wide sales tax to raise revenue for the 27-member bloc. Diplomats at the EU’s executive arm want to… 30/06/2011
Portugal bailout discussedEU finance ministers at a summit in Budapest are discussing Portugal’s request for a bail-out. The conditions for granting a rescue package are likely to… 08/04/2011
Pitfalls await busy EU summitEurope’s leaders start a two-day summit in the late afternoon of Thursday with a packed agenda and problems on nearly every horizon. Disrupting the planned… 24/03/2011
Cameron’s EU budget bid splits CouncilBritish Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed he has won France and Germany’s support to cap the European Union’s budget. The EU’s next long-term… 17/12/2010
Parliament finally approves EU 2011 budgetThe European Parliament in Strasbourg has approved the EU’s draft budget for next year. The vote ended a long running row with the region’s governments… 15/12/2010
MEPs would accept lean budget to prevent paralysisTo keep funding European projects, determined to avert a budget crisis on top of a euro crisis, the European Parliament has offered a compromise for … 25/11/2010
No agreement on EU budget as talks collapseA disappointed president of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, has pointed the finger of blame at a few member states as talks over the bloc’s 2011 budget… 16/11/2010
EU at odds over its 2011 budgetMembers of the European Parliament have locked horns with EU governments over next year’s EU budget, which is drafted by the European Commission. At stake… 15/11/2010
A first for the Committee of the RegionsMercedes Bresso of Italy is now president of Europe’s Committee of the Regions. What are its goals and what does her election mean for Europe? 02/11/2010
Merkel’s tough line on euro stability convinces othersA compromise on running Europe: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has won agreement from the other European Union leaders to make limited changes to their… 29/10/2010
Cameron over budget: “Brussels won’t derail us”Two point nine percent and not a drop more: That is as much as British Prime Minister David Cameron, wants to let the European Parliament increase the … 29/10/2010
Cameron hauls back over EU spendingBritish Prime Minister David Cameron has been leading efforts to stop the European Parliament from increasing the EU budget by almost 6% in 2011. The UK and… 29/10/2010
Call to raise EU spending sits badly with someAs Britain takes the axe to its budget, from Strasbourg comes a call to increase EU spending. Discounting protests by governments putting austerity first… 20/10/2010
EU finance ministers debate budget reformThe battle lines over budget reform are hardening as euro zone finance ministers meet in Luxembourg to try to complete an overhaul of EU budget… 18/10/2010
Closer budget coordination for the EUAs part of the growth and stability pact, the “European Semester” constitutes a new surveillance tool to reinforce budgetary coordination among the European… 20/09/2010
EU ministers grapple with new debt rulesEurope’s finance ministers have been meeting to thrash out the details of the EU budget rules reforms. Dubbed the Task Force, they are finalising penalties… 06/09/2010
EU states rally as Portugal fights forest firesTwo Italian water bomber planes are to be loaned to Portugal as the authorities battle a number of forest fires, mainly in the north of the country. The… 28/07/2010
