• August 29 2023
  EU’s €86bn budget battle casts shadow over Ukraine funding

  Disputes among member states over top-up could threaten flow of war support to Kyiv

  
• June 20 2023
  EU states resist Brussels over €66bn budget top-up

  European Commission says more funding needed to cover rising interest costs and Ukraine-related expenses

  
• June 16 2023
  Europe Express

  How the EU’s budget woes spoilt von der Leyen’s ‘sovereignty fund’ Premium content

  Also in today’s newsletter: the broken asylum system at the heart of Europe

  
• June 7 2023
  European Union

  Debt servicing costs for EU budget set to double in 2024

  MEP anger as high rates add to pressure on bloc’s finances and leave little room for coping with any fresh crises

  
• June 5 2023
  Europe Express

  How crises, inflation and borrowing blew a hole in the EU budget Premium content

  Also in today’s newsletter: Europe seeks a new positive agenda with Latin America

  
• May 3 2023
  EU defence

  Brussels backs use of EU budget to fund arms factories

  Proposed defence package worth at least €500mn tests limits of treaty ban on direct weapons purchases

  
• December 22 2022
  European Union

  Brussels to withhold part of Hungary’s regional aid over reform failures

  Viktor Orbán’s government has yet to enact reforms aimed at ensuring the country’s judicial independence

  
• December 12 2022
  War in Ukraine

  EU agrees to unlock €18bn Ukraine aid package as Hungary drops veto

  Wider political deal includes approval for minimum corporate tax in EU and Budapest having possible access to recovery funds

  
• November 30 2022
  Hungary

  Hungary faces freeze in EU funding

  Brussels accuses central European country of failing to live up to its pledges on the rule of law

  
• October 19 2022
  The FT ViewThe editorial board

  Brussels is right to press Poland on rule of law reforms

  The European Commission must stay tough on internal threats to democracy

  
• October 16 2022
  Poland

  Rule of law stand-off threatens new EU funding to Poland

  Warsaw seeks to convince Brussels of judicial reforms as it tries to unlock billions of euros in economic assistance

  
• October 12 2022
  Europe Express

  EU may need budget top-up for Ukraine, energy crisis Premium content

  Bloc’s seven-year budget is rapidly burning through cash

  
• July 25 2022
  Europe Express

  Why EU’s gas reduction plans are being watered down Premium content

  Exemptions to placate southern and eastern member states include the ‘mother of all opt-outs’

  
• May 23 2022
  EU states braced for extra cash demands from Brussels

  Bloc’s budget under strain from Ukraine war, refugee crisis and rising inflation

  
• December 22 2021
  Brussels seeks €12bn annual revenues from EU carbon trading scheme

  Commission makes pitch for fresh revenue streams from member states to repay pandemic recovery fund debts

  
• September 22 2021
  EU eastern tensions

  Poland and Hungary face threat to EU regional aid over human rights concerns

  Brussels weighs use of powers that link cohesion funds to bloc’s values

  
• July 8 2021
  Brexit

  UK and Brussels clash over £40bn Brexit divorce bill

  London challenges calculation tied to commitments from when Britain was EU member state

  
• May 25 2021
  Maria Demertzis

  Europe must fix its fiscal rules

  The pandemic has shown that the EU’s spending framework reflects an outdated economic orthodoxy

  
• April 15 2021
  Greek economy

  EU fund gives ‘Greece 2.0’ chance to reset economic model

  Brussels to scrutinise Athens’ rebuilding plan in wake of financial crises and pandemic

  
• April 12 2021
  News in-depth

  Brussels faces battle on new pan-EU revenue sources

  European Commission aims to raise at least €13bn a year to service post-pandemic borrowing

  
• March 26 2021
  German politics

  Germany’s highest court blocks ratification of EU recovery fund

  Law challenged by Eurosceptic group over fears of European fiscal union

  
• January 28 2021
  News in-depthItalian politics

  Italy crisis raises concerns about EU recovery spending

  Instability caused by resignation of PM Conte casts shadow over reform plans

  
• January 26 2021
  Interview

  Wolfgang Schäuble issues warning on EU recovery fund

  Governments must implement tough reforms, says Germany’s former finance minister

  
• January 21 2021
  News in-depthSpanish politics

  Spanish pension reforms increase strains within coalition

  Changes form part of commitments Madrid must make in return for EU recovery funding

  
• January 5 2021
  News in-depthCoronavirus economic impact

  EU recovery plan faces bottleneck, economists warn

  Biggest beneficiaries from fund have poor record in using cash from Brussels