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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has announced its intention to issue up to €90 billion of EU-Bonds in the first half of 2026, bringing outstanding EU-Bonds close to €800 billion by the end of June 2026. The proceeds will be used to fund loans to EU […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. he EU has become one of the largest issuers of green bonds in the world, according to the 2025 edition of the NextGenerationEU (NGEU) Green Bonds Annual Allocation and Impact Report, published yesterday. It shows that, a total of €78.5 billion worth of NextGenerationEU […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. For next year’s EU budget, Parliament secured more support for research, cross-border infrastructure, border management, climate action and foreign policy. In a deal with member states, reached on Saturday 15 November, Parliament obtained an additional €372.7 million for its priorities on top of what […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved the disbursement of a total of €4.1 billion to four Member States — Greece, Portugal, Slovenia and Austria — under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. These disbursements are part of the Commission’s efforts to […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission today adopted the 2026 European Semester Autumn Package, setting out economic and employment policy priorities to boost competitiveness. In an increasingly challenging geopolitical environment, the Commission calls for coordinated action to strengthen productivity, innovation and investment, in line with the Competitiveness […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today raised €5 billion of EU-Bonds in its 10th syndicated transaction for 2025. The single-tranche transaction concerned a €5 billion tap of the EU-Bond maturing on 14 October 2030. The 5-year bond was priced 99.870% with a re-offer yield of […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission’s Autumn 2025 Economic Forecast shows that growth in the first three quarters of 2025 outperformed expectations. While the strong performance was initially driven by a surge in exports in anticipation of tariff increases, the EU economy continued to grow in the […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission welcomes the agreement between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on the EU’s 2026 annual budget. Next year’s budget will continue to power the EU’s political priorities and support strategic objectives, including support for Ukraine, competitiveness, migration […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission assessed Lithuania’s fourth payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. The Commission found that Lithuania satisfactorily completed 25 out of 26 milestones and all 14 targets set out in the Council Implementing Decision for the third, […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission positively assessed Poland’s third payment request for €6.2 billion under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. Following its assessment of the payment request, the Commission found that Poland has satisfactorily completed the 30 milestones and 14 targets […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission positively assessed Poland’s third payment request for €6.2 billion under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. Following its assessment of the payment request, the Commission found that Poland has satisfactorily completed the 30 milestones and 14 targets […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission brought together top-tier private investors from across Europe to jointly express their intention to establish the Scaleup Europe Fund – a new, multi-billion fund to invest in the most promising European companies in strategic deep tech areas. By joining forces with these potential founding […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs want a 2026 budget that reinforces the EU’s key priorities in uncertain times and boosts research, competitiveness, and defence. Parliament has set the overall level of commitment appropriations for 2026 (legal promises to pay in the same year or later) at €193.9 billion, […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission positively assessed Austria’s third payment request of €515.5 million under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. Following its assessment of the payment request, the Commission found that Austria has satisfactorily completed the 8 milestones and 12 targets set out […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. A Resilient EU budget Supporting Europe’s Priorities in 2024 The Court of Auditors (ECA) published today its Annual Report, auditing the revenue and expenditure of the EU budget. The Commission welcomes the ECA’s findings on the regularity of the implementation of the EU budget […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. From today, sending money across the euro area will be faster and safer than ever. Thanks to new EU rules on instant payments, people and businesses can now transfer money in euro within seconds, anytime – day or night, weekdays or weekends – whether […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has raised today €11 billion of EU-Bonds in its 9th syndicated transaction for 2025. The dual-tranche transaction concerned a €5 billion tap of the EU-Bond maturing on 13 December 2032 and a new €6 billion EU-Bond maturing on 12 December 2040. […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has adopted proposals for targeted changes to some of the EU economic governance rules. The changes are aimed at ensuring their consistency with the outcome of the comprehensive reform undertaken in April 2024, while reducing reporting and administrative burdens, and […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has adopted proposals for targeted changes to some of the EU economic governance rules. The changes are aimed at ensuring their consistency with the outcome of the comprehensive reform undertaken in April 2024, while reducing reporting and administrative burdens, and […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has raised today €11 billion of EU-Bonds in its 8th syndicated transaction for 2025. The dual-tranche transaction concerned a new €5 billion EU-Bond maturing on 14 October 2030 and a new €6 billion EU-Bond maturing on 12 October 2055. The new […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has adopted a second package of seven sectoral proposals completing the framework for the next long-term EU budget for 2028–2034. These legal acts complete the MFF 2028-2034 proposal, and cover the following areas: • The Single Market and Customs Programme; • […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs are sounding the alarm on the Commission’s proposed long-term budget and warn that the 1.26% spending ceiling will force cuts to flagship programmes while debt repayments loom. Parliament’s co-rapporteurs on the EU’s long-term budget, the multiannual financial framework (MFF), Siegfried Mureşan (EPP, RO) […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission presented its proposal for an ambitious and dynamic Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), amounting to almost EUR 2 trillion (or 1.26% of the EU’s gross national income on average between 2028 and 2034). This framework will equip Europe with a long-term […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs on Tuesday adopted suggestions for reforms to the tax architecture to boost competitiveness while continuing to address tax avoidance and evasion. The report, drafted by Michalis Hadjipantela (EPP, CY), was adopted in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee by 46 votes in favour, […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today raised €9 billion of EU-Bonds in its 7th syndicated transaction for 2025. The dual-tranche transaction concerned a new €5 billion EU-Bond maturing on 13 December 2032 and a €4 billion tap of the EU-Bond maturing on 12 October 2045. […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission announced yesterday its intention to issue up to €70 billion of EU-Bonds in the second half of 2025. The planned issuance builds on the €86 billion raised in the first half of the year, consistent with the previously communicated planned issuance […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today raised €5 billion of EU-Bonds in its 6th syndicated transaction for 2025. The single-tranche transaction concerned a €5 billion tap of the EU-Bond maturing on 4 October 2039. The 15-year bond was priced 99.209% with a re-offer yield of […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has set up a new surveillance tool to help protect the EU against sudden and potentially disruptive surges in imports. This system aims to prevent harmful trade diversion, which occurs when a significant amount of goods that cannot enter other markets […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission concluded that Bulgaria is ready to adopt the euro as of 1 January 2026 – a key milestone that would make it the twenty-first Member State to join the euro area. This assessment is set out in the 2025 Convergence Report, […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today’s proposal by the European Commission sets the 2026 EU budget at €193.26 billion, complemented by an estimated €105.32 billion in disbursements under NextGenerationEU. Building on the mid-term revision of the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), next year’s draft budget is designed to support […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. On 16-18 May, the third and final session of the European Citizens’ Panel on the new EU long-term budget took place in Brussels. For the first time, a group of 150 randomly selected citizens from all 27 EU Member States have brought forward bringing […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today raised €7 billion of EU-Bonds in its 5th syndicated transaction for 2025. The single-tranche transaction concerned a new €7 billion EU-Bond maturing on 12 October 2045. The new 20-year bond was priced 99.190%, with a re-offer yield of 3.809%, […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. To date, 12 Member States have submitted a request in writing to the Commission to activate the national escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact, as part of the ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030 package presented in March 2025. These are Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, […]
