Brussels backs off from big farm shake-up. Cuts are coming anyway.
The European Commission tried to gut the EU farm budget. Farmers, ministers and lobbyists fought back and won. But with funds shrinking, the pain is only delayed.
Recovery and resilience Facility
‘WARNING. Confidential documents. Not to be disclosed to anyone’ (Part 2)
Päivi Leino-Sandberg
(University of Helsinki)
Photo credit: EmDee,
via Wikimedia
Commons
The debate around the recent Pfizergate
ruling has turned some problems around how the Commission applies citizens’
right to a…
‘WARNING. Confidential documents. Not to be disclosed to anyone’ (Part 1)
Päivi Leino-Sandberg
(University of Helsinki)
Photo credit: Cancillería
Ecuador via Wikimedia Commons
When conducting research, I often
file requests for access to documents (ATD) under the EU’s access to documents regulation
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PGE’s new strategy: €55 billion for Polish energy’s future
Flexibility, sustainability and security are placed foremost on the agenda for the company’s new strategy, which offers a transformative and comprehensive vision of the future energy landscape.
Don’t model next EU budget on pandemic recovery fund, auditors warn
The €650 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility has “limited focus on results, no information on actual costs, [and] it is not clear what we got for the money,” the European Court of Auditors said.
EU’s moment of truth on Ukraine is fast approaching
The bloc’s biggest concern is that negotiations over Ukraine’s future might turn into a “mini Munich,” inviting further Russian aggression.
Dombrovskis clinches Commission economy post after grilling on fiscal rules orthodoxy
“The fiscal rules are the same for all member states,” said the veteran Latvian politician, who was repeatedly asked how he would ensure “equal treatment” of EU countries under the new scheme.
Serafin vows to end EU spending ‘bureaucratic nightmare,’ praises role of regions
Regional governments “know best what reforms and investments they need,” Serafin said, promising not to repeat mistakes of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).
EU to release €799M to Slovakia after rule-of-law dispute
Recent efforts from the Slovakian parliament have “alleviated some of the Commission’s concerns,” a European Commission spokesperson said.
Parliament could block next EU budget over RRF transparency, says senior MEP
A lack of clarity over the final beneficiaries of the RRF “is now a long-lasting issue,” says a vice-chair of the budget committee.
New European Commission needs to walk the talk on cohesion policy, regions’ committee boss says
Cohesion policy could “maybe” learn from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), but only if regional governments keep their say, Vasco Alves Cordeiro told Euractiv ahead of the EU “Regions Week”.
Liberal Renew Europe rejects Meloni’s candidate for EU vice-presidency
After reports from Brussels suggested that Italy’s commissioner pick was in the running for the vice presidency, with a portfolio covering the economy and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the majority in the European Parliament began to show growi…
The enigmatic Irishman hoping to appeal to von der Leyen’s quiet side
Michael McGrath, Ireland’s pick for the European Commission, refuses to play politics. Could it be his undoing?
Slovakia backtracks on controversial criminal code reform
Following pressure from Brussels, crimes involving EU funding will now be punished more severely than the theft of Slovak public money.
MEP: Italy’s post-RRF spending cuts sets dangerous precedent for EU funding
A draft Italian government’s decision to use resources received under the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to cut public spending risks setting a dangerous precedent for future joint EU public funding policies, an Italian MEP from the Greens a…
Europe Ahead: EPP’s Poptcheva on taking the edge off private investment
In an interview with Euractiv, Eva Poptcheva also stressed that public investments should aim to “take the edge” of private investments that might otherwise be too risky to undertake.