Trickling Tax Revenue Complicates Debt Limit Talks
The Treasury Department’s ability to delay a default, the so-called X-date, hinges on how fast the money is coming in. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
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Spanish PM announces €1.3 billion vocational training boost amid key election year
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Saturday announced a new package worth € 1.3 billion to strengthen vocational training amid record-high youth unemployment and with regional and general elections looming. On Saturday, Sánchez (PSOE/S&D) spoke at a socialist rally in Pamplona (Basque Country,…
Nearly half of Spaniards unaware of country’s upcoming EU presidency stint
Forty-four per cent of Spaniards are unaware that Madrid is soon set to take over the EU helm for the second half of the year, while only 28% know what the rotating EU presidency is, data from a new survey…
Struggling dinghy not rescued after entering UK waters, shows maritime logs
A boat carrying nearly 40 passengers that had difficulty navigating the Channel was not rescued but instead was left to drift back towards France, revealed internal maritime logs on Sunday. In January, Defence Ministry officials, who were managing small boats…
Former Dutch diplomat: Russia used energy to inflitrate, influence, spy in Europe
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline was a Russian infiltration project, but this was ignored by the Dutch government, according to former Dutch diplomat Kees Klompenhouwer in an interview published on Friday. Klompenhouwer was head of foreign intelligence for the Dutch…
Italy’s labour unions take aim at Meloni ahead of Labour Day
A last-minute decision by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to convene a Council of Ministers meeting on Labour Day while requesting the presence of labour unions to discuss a new labour measure has left stakeholders fuming. Unions were summoned by…
Italy’s labour unions take aim at Meloni ahead of Labour Day
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MEP: Spain’s socialist, centre-right parties undermine the rule of law
Majority parties PSOE (S&D) and Partido Popular (EPP) are undermining the rule of law in Spain by playing a card trading game with the country’s judiciary, public institutions and the public media, Renew Europe MEP Maite Pagazaurtundúa (Ciudadanos) told EURACTIV…
France’s Le Maire hangs on to debt reduction plan amid Fitch downgrade
Rating agency Fitch underestimates the impact of newly-approved structural reforms, including the pensions bill, said Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire after the credit rating agency announced it would downgrade France’s credit rating. On Friday, Fitch – which assesses a country’s…
Former diplomat: Turkish opposition win could benefit Swedish NATO bid
Sweden could join NATO earlier if Turkey’s Social Democratic party, currently in opposition but doing well in the polls, comes to power following elections in Mid-May, Sinan Ülgen, a former Turkish diplomat, told the SVT’s Agenda programme. Turkey will hold…