Which farmers should the EU save? Let the battle begin.
BRUSSELS — European farming leaders and green groups are girding for a long, hard fight following the Commission’s bombshell proposal for…
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Brussels kicks off a season of red tape destruction
Brussels kicks off a season of red tape destruction The European Commission is waging war on bureaucracy in its effort…
Not another farm fraud? Slovaks face heat over EU funds for fake guesthouses.
First Greece. Now Slovakia. Slovak officials face allegations of having used European funds to build fake guesthouses that only privileged…
Von der Leyen promised a more competitive Europe. How’s that going?
Nine months ago, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered the inaugural speech of her second mandate and the…
Draghi’s European rescue plan progress report — policy by policy
BRUSSELS — The last we heard, Mario Draghi didn’t sound too happy about progress the EU had made following his…
Brussels heads for a fall fight over limiting subsidies to big farms
BRUSSELS — The European Commission is trying to limit the amount of money any single farmer can receive in subsidies, putting…
Warsaw gloats, Berlin balks as EU budget fight turns national
BRUSSELS — The ink is barely dry on the European Commission’s €1.8 trillion post-2027 budget proposal and the national scorekeeping…
Prosecutor implicates two Greek ministers in huge EU farm fraud
ATHENS — The European Public Prosecutor’s Office alleged Thursday that two Greek government ministers were complicit in a major scheme to…
EU countries sideline experts in dash to slash green rules
BRUSSELS — When it comes to simplifying the European Union’s green rulebook, experts just get in the way. That, at…