About: budget discipline
Italy to Commission: Refugees, quakes forced 2017 budget off target
Italy has defended its rule-breaking 2017 budget to the European Commission, saying the migrant crisis, post-earthquake reconstruction and lower-than-expected growth were to blame.Italy wants EU bonds to fund refugee response
A common European Union policy to manage external borders and cope with the refugee crisis should be funded with common resources, including through the issuance of EU bonds, Italy said on Monday (22 February).Renzi tells Merkel: ‘Budget flexibility was a promise’
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi insisted on Friday that the EU's budget rules should be interpreted flexibly and that austerity should not be seen purely as an end in itself.The New European Commission frustrates Germany
Germany and the newly appointed European Commission have different visions for Europe's future, which has caused tension between the two, writes global intelligence company Strafor.EU gives France to 2017 to cut deficit, Italy, Belgium in clear
The European Commission granted France until 2017 to bring its budget deficit below the EU limit of 3 percent of GDP after Paris missed an already extended 2015 deadline.Commission to give some budget leeway to France, Italy
The European Commission said yesterday (13 January) that public investment and structural reforms could win some leeway for countries breaking EU budget rules, reducing the likelihood of tough penalties on France or Italy.European Commission: Germany must invest more, France spend less
Germany's potential for growth is far too low, and the country must invest more, Jyrki Katainen said on Friday. France is cutting its deficit less quickly than promised, raising the chances that the Commission will reject its 2015 budget.French bosses rally around Juncker’s 300 billion investment plan
Regular critics of the European Institutions, French business leaders are nevertheless interested in a 300 billion euro investment plan promised by the incoming Juncker Commission.France is the ‘sick man’ of Europe, says EU think-tank
A controversial study by The Lisbon Council, a Brussels think-tank, says France is the sick man of Europe and singles out resistance to change as being responsible for a large part of the country's woes. VideoPromoted content