The Bank of Spain revealed on Wednesday that the debt of all Spanish public administrations with their private suppliers reached €82billion in 2020. The staggering sum is up 39.4 percent since 2016 and by €2billion since 2019, the bank said. Prime Minister
The £650 billion bailout cash pot will be distributed, in non-repayable grants and low-cost loans, to pandemic-stricken regions and industries. To pay for the aid, the European Commission was granted unprecedented borrowing, taxation and spending powers to run up £351billion in joint
‘My profit has been wiped out by a £250,000 cost’: EU’s new export rules leave small British firms struggling Jerry Lawson of Frogbike said administration fees charged by each government to his customers had forced him to pause selling into Denmark, Spain
A new study from three academy networks, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council and the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM) found that the EU’s status as a health research leader is
Eurozone: Varoufakis discusses the ‘greatest beneficiary’ in 2018 The European Central Bank’s governing council expressed concern at the speed of the jabs scheme at their latest meeting, according to recently released minutes. They said the Eurozone economy faces further uncertainty because of
The bloc’s coronavirus Recovery Fund is at risk of being seized and laundered by the Italian Mafia across the continent. Experts have warned a failure of the European Union institutions to fight criminal organisations with a united approach could jeopardise the future
The low-cost airline said the bloc’s slow recovery from the coronavirus pandemic had delayed a revival in passenger numbers ahead of the summer holidays season. It said the “slow rollout in the EU of COVID-19 vaccines” means passenger traffic will be lower
Firebrand prime minister Viktor Orban said it was clear the bloc’s coronavirus strategy would leave its inoculation programme lagging behind Britain and the United States. In a scathing interview, the strongman leader insisted he saw early signs that the Brussels-led buy up
He claimed if AstraZeneca had delivered all its contracted doses, the bloc’s vaccination strategy would be at par with that of the UK. The head of the European Commission’s vaccine task force told French daily Le Parisien: “If we had received the
Throughout Brexit, fishermen criticised the European Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and there is concern they could be dragged back into it, one industry insider has revealed. Speaking to Express.co.uk, chief executive of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations Barrie Deas warned there was