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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 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) ...
Taxation in EU budget proposal sends 'wrong signal', German minister says
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil doubled down on Berlin's criticism of the European Commission's proposed budget on ...
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 ...
Germany Rejects EU Plan for Beefed-Up €2 Trillion Budget
Germany has rejected the European Commission’s proposal for a significantly expanded €2 trillion ($2.3 trillion) budget, just ...
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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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 ...
Fury as Britain will have to pay into EU's budget under Keir Starmer's Brexit deal
Britain will have to pay into the European Union 's budget under Sir Keir Starmer 's Brexit reset deal, according to reports.