Von der Leyen proposes using Russian assets to fund new Ukraine loan
BRUSSELS ― European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed using Russian frozen assets to issue a “reparations loan” for Ukraine…
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French Socialists confirm they’ll oust PM, push for center-left replacement
PARIS — The French Socialist Party dashed hopes they would refrain from bringing down the country’s minority government and now…
Bayrou’s last stand: Waking France up to the boomer pension timebomb
François Bayrou, France’s latest embattled prime minister, is blaming the country’s 19 million over-60s for pushing state finances to the…
Commission haggling over €1.717 trillion EU budget plan goes to the wire
BRUSSELS ― The European Commission is zeroing in on a proposal for a central budget of €1.717 trillion for the seven-year…
Von der Leyen’s plan to tax EU business looks doomed from the start
BRUSSELS ―The European Commission’s plan to slap a tax on moderately large businesses in the EU seems unlikely ever to…
Von der Leyen’s plan to tax EU business looks doomed from the start
BRUSSELS ―The European Commission’s plan to slap a tax on moderately large businesses in the EU seems unlikely ever to…
Denmark to drop ‘frugal’ stance on EU budget to counter threat from Russia
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Tuesday she is ready to abandon her country’s traditionally thrifty stance on the EU…