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 […]MEPs adopt 2026 EU budget: focus on competitiveness, research and security
November 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]Commission approved the disbursement of more than €4 billion to four Member States under NextGenerationEU, supporting economic growth and competitiveness
November 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]Commission outlines priorities to boost EU competitiveness in its 2026 European Semester Autumn Package
November 26, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]European Commission issues €5 billion in its 10th syndicated transaction of 2025
November 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]Autumn 2025 Economic Forecast shows continued growth despite challenging environment
November 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]Commission welcomes agreement on 2026 annual budget, funding Europe’s core priorities
November 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]Commission partially greenlights Lithuania’s fourth payment request for €514.5 million under NextGenerationEU
November 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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, […]Commission greenlights Poland’s third payment request for €6.2 billion under NextGenerationEU
October 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]Commission advances the Savings and Investments Union with measures to mobilise insurers’ and banks’ capital for Europe’s future
October 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]Commission partners with private investors to set up multi-billion Scaleup Europe Fund
October 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]2026 EU budget: focus on competitiveness, preparedness and defence
October 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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, […]Commission greenlights Austria’s third payment request of €515.5 million under NextGenerationEU
October 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]A resilient EU budget supporting Europe’s priorities in 2024
October 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]Faster and safer instant euro payments become a reality
October 9, 2025 by 1 Comment
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 […]European Commission issues €11 billion in its 9th syndicated transaction of 2025
October 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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. […]Commission proposes targeted changes that will reduce administrative burden and ensure consistency across the revised Economic Governance Framework
October 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]Commission proposes targeted changes that will reduce administrative burden and ensure consistency across the revised Economic Governance Framework
October 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]European Commission issues €11 billion in its 8th syndicated transaction of 2025
September 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]Commission completes proposal for the 2028-2034 EU long-term budget
September 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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; • […]Budget proposal “simply not enough” to meet Europe’s challenges, lead MEPs say
July 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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) […]An ambitious budget for a stronger Europe: 2028-2034
July 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]A simpler tax architecture to benefit EU firms and citizens
July 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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, […]European Commission issues €9 billion in its 7th syndicated transaction of 2025
July 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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. […]The European Commission to issue €70 billion in EU-Bonds in the second half of 2025
June 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]European Commission issues €5 billion in its 6th syndicated transaction of 2025
June 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]New import surveillance tool to help EU prevent harmful trade diversion
June 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]Bulgaria meets criteria to join the euro area on 1 January 2026
June 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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, […]EU budget 2026: Providing crucial funding for EU priorities in times of global volatility
June 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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 […]Commission welcomes European citizens’ recommendations for a stronger EU budget
May 21, 2025 by 1 Comment
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 […]European Commission issues €7 billion in its 5th syndicated transaction of 2025
May 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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%, […]12 Member States request activation of the national escape clause in a coordinated move to boost defence spending
May 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
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, […]Budgets Committee sets out priorities for next long-term EU budget
April 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs in the Budgets Committee have backed the first report outlining Parliament’s vision for the next long-term EU budget. In the report adopted on Wednesday by 23 votes in favour, 9 against and with 2 abstentions, MEPs emphasise the need for a significantly more […]EU budget set for defence-related boost under new regulation
April 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. New targeted amendments to existing EU funding programmes will support faster, more flexible and coordinated investments in Europe’s defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB). Under a new Regulation to stimulate defence-related investments within the EU budget proposed today by the Commission, the EU will […]
