Germany seeks exemption from EU fiscal rule to aid defence spending
Germany’s outgoing finance minister Jörg Kukies has asked the European Commission to allow Germany temporarily to ignore strict European Union rules that limit…
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Germany’s outgoing finance minister Jörg Kukies has asked the European Commission to allow Germany temporarily to ignore strict European Union rules that limit…
The International Monetary Fund has challenged the French Government's projections on future public debt, estimating that the country will end up running a significantly…
The European Council has adopted three pieces of legislation designed to reform the European Union’s economic and fiscal governance framework.
European Union Member States and MEPs have struck a preliminary deal to ease the bloc's stringent fiscal rules, giving governments more time to reduce debt and incentives…
European Union finance chiefs ended months of wrangling over fiscal rigour to agree on new rules that will aim to rein in debt and define the bloc’s ability to…
Only seven of the European Union's 27 Member States have budgets that meet the bloc's financial probity guidelines, according to the European Commission.
Italy is lobbying its European Union partners with increasing urgency to approve more flexible budget rules, according to government sources, as bond spreads widen…
French President Emmanuel Macron is bypassing parliament votes to push ahead with his plans to cut debt, boost green and defence spending, and secure access to billions…
European Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni urged governments to set aside rigid positions on the reform of the bloc’s debt rules and seek common ground as the…