The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) is the biggest EU investment in history, but money from the post-Covid recovery fund is not flowing into the economy as expected. The facility … Read More
In this edition of Brussels, my love?, we discuss all things EU money with our special guest, the president of the European Court of Auditors, and we explore how EU … Read More
Under the new plan, the European Commission intends to address the bottlenecks hindering the production of 155mm artillery shells. The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday a €500-million plan to boost the … Read More
The latest payment of Italy’s COVID-19 recovery funds has been temporarily put on hold, as Brussels and Rome agree on a one-month extension that will allow the European Commission to … Read More
Over the past few days, Twitter users and certain news outlets have falsely claimed that the European Union has frozen the pandemic recovery funds for Spain. It seems to have … Read More
A key decision-making body of the EU is being sued for its controversial decision to approve Poland’s €35-billion COVID recovery plan. The legal action targets the Council of the European … Read More
Poland’s first payment of EU recovery funds risks being delayed after the European Commission detected one key element missing from the country’s proposed judicial reforms. The reforms centre on the disciplinary … Read More
Hungary is ready to strike a compromise with Brussels to end the long-standing impasse that has blocked the country’s access to the EU’s coronavirus recovery fund, according to a minister … Read More
Even the EU’s coronavirus recovery fund is moving on from the pandemic. The history-making joint fund, agreed in July 2020 to help member states weather the financial fallout, is in … Read More
Ursula von der Leyen has defended her controversial decision to approve Poland’s €35-billion recovery plan, arguing the judicial reforms that Brussels has imposed serve as “leverage” to restore the rule … Read More
