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EU opens door to funding nuclear energy in next budget
The European Commission wants to open up part of its proposed 2 trillion euro EU budget for 2028-2034 to nuclear energy, a ...
The EU chief unveils a new $2.3 trillion budget. Lawmakers say the math doesn’t ‘add up’
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled a proposal for a long-term EU budget that she says will total ...
Reactions to the European Commission's new EU budget proposal
Following are some reactions to the European Commission's proposal on Wednesday for a 2 trillion euro ($2.31 trillion) EU ...
Hungary's Orban says proposed new budget will 'ruin the EU'
The European Commission's proposed new budget lacks clear strategic foundations and would ruin the European Union, Hungarian ...
EU Budget Proposal ‘Dead on Arrival,’ Says Dutch Minister
Dutch Finance Minister Eelco Heinen rejected the European Commission’s €2 trillion ($2.3 trillion) budget proposal, calling ...
EU proposes tax on companies with turnover above 100 million euros to shore up budget
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed to tax companies with a net turnover exceeding 100 million euros ($116 million) ...
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Despite enormous challenges, the EU sticks with its puny budget
Crafting a budget for 27 countries stretching from Lapland to Lisbon is a fiddly process. In fiscal terms the “multi-annual ...
Orbán says 20–25% of EU budget can end up funding Ukraine
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán believes that 20-25% of the EU budget will be assigned to Ukraine. Source: Kossuth Radio, a public-broadcasting radio station in Hungary; European Pravda, citing ...
The EU country that will receive the most money in the new budget has become known
In the latest EU budget, Poland has been allocated more than 123 billion euros. This week, the European Commission published a summary of planned expenditures from the general budget for 2028-2034 for ...
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Berlin says European Commission's €2tn budget proposal won't do
The German government said it won't accept a proposal by the European Commission to boost the long-term EU budget to a total ...
Euractiv2d
Tobacco tax in EU budget: What if Europe goes smoke-free?
The TED is a proposal to significantly raise tobacco tax rates across the EU. It suggests a 139% increase on cigarettes, a ...
U.S. News & World Report2mon
Next EU Budget Must Be More Flexible, Have New Revenues Says Von Der Leyen
She noted that in the current, 2021-2027 EU budget, 90% of its total 1.2 trillion euros was already rigidly assigned when the budget was negotiated in 2019 and 2020. The next budget will have to ...