Unlike in other European countries like France, Austria, and Germany, where the sweeping gains of far-right parties shook the grounds of incumbent governments, Italy’s leader Giorgia Meloni remained comfortably in the driver’s seat - with Fratelli d’Italia (ECR) bagging 28.87% of the votes as of 06:15 CET, when over 95% of the ballots had been screened.
For many who have been waiting impatiently for the one key European Central Bank announcement after a protracted period of high interest rates, fresh EU data released on Friday (31 May) may have just killed the mood.
In March this year, eurozone finance ministers demanded the upcoming European Commission revive the bloc's decade-old Capital Markets Union (CMU), mainly by reducing barriers for institutional and retail investors, listing, real-time access to market data, and securitisation investment.
Squabbles between liberal Sandro Gozi and far-right Anders Vistesen dominated the second live debate for the EU executive’s top job in Brussels on Tuesday (21 May), while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and socialist Nicolas Schmit brought few surprises to the table.
The EU’s multi-billion lending arm announced on Wednesday (8 May) changes to its long-standing policy not to invest in military products, by waiving restrictions on dual-use investments.
Credit rating agency Moody’s is ready to look into the potential credit score implications of the European Investment Bank's expected expansion into a broader range of defence and military assets, Euractiv understands.
The EU’s markets watchdog should start taking on the supervision of the bloc's largest financial sector firms and oversee the creation of a pan-European IPO venue for small and medium businesses, Enrico Letta will tell EU leaders
Europe must urgently enact measures to push a “competitive industrial strategy” rivalling the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including through an EU-wide state aid contribution mechanism, Enrico Letta will tell the 27 EU leaders in a special report on Thursday.
Eurozone finance ministers are pushing trade higher on their agenda to ensure increased geopolitical focus on economic security and 'de-risking' strategies do not hinder their plans to shore up the bloc’s competitiveness.
The European Commission played down fears that the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) could succumb to a Donald Trump presidency as pressure on high-level officials from both sides increased ahead of their meeting in Leuven, Belgium, on Thursday (4 April).
The European Investment Bank (EIB) could move one step closer to loosening its lending criteria to unlock more direct investment into defence as soon as Thursday (21 March), when it expects to get the final signal it needs from the European Union's 27 member states, Euractiv understands.
The number of European companies impacted by EU corporate due diligence rules (CSDDD) has been squeezed by almost 70% of the original EU co-legislators agreement in December, to about 5400 companies - or 0.05% of the total
EU negotiators went back to the drawing board over the weekend to bulletproof the text of the bloc's corporate due diligence law (CSDDD) in the hope of securing a final deal by Friday (15 March) at the latest, Euractiv understands.
Italian and French envoys are set to hold the fate of the EU corporate due diligence law (CSDDD) in their hands on Friday (8 March), when representatives from the bloc’s 27 member states vote on a new, heavily diluted version of the draft legislation.
Some key CSDDD negotiators seem to have switched on their Realpolitik mode and are now more determined than ever to get the law over the finishing line at all costs
Belgian officials started to test the water for a speedy legislative solution to save the draft EU corporate due diligence law by mid-March, Euractiv understands, after numerous member-state defections forced them to abort a closely-watched vote between EU ambassadors.
Pressure is piling up on the EU to loosen its investment rules and boost flows into defence assets, a non-paper seen by Euractiv revealed as finance ministers prepare to discuss the future of the bloc’s public lender on Friday (23 February).
The European Commission cut its growth outlook for both Europe and the eurozone on Thursday (15 February), revising it down from its autumn projection amid persistent geopolitical headwinds and stubborn economic headaches in Germany.
