#Economy

Landmark achievement in Brussels. EU leaders strike deal: the terms of the €750 billion Recovery Fund.

The final decision was taken after four days of complex negotiations. The EU’s long-term budget and the Recovery Fund have…

European Council: Sassoli, “we should fear this crisis, its social effects and job losses will spare no one. An ambitious recovery plan”

European Council: Sassoli, “decisions crucial to rebuilding Union in coming decades”

EU leaders gather in Brussels: Europe facing the COVID challenge

The European response to the crisis triggered by the coronavirus is the subject of an “in-person” meeting taking place in…

Deposits and Loans Fund, from postal savings to Autostrade. But profits are needed

Some 27 million Italians purchasing postal savings bonds and passbook savings accounts are probably not fully aware that a large…

European Council: Michel, invitation to the summit of 17th and 18th July. “Hard work and political will for a deal. Now’s the time”

The EU budget is not about bureaucracy but about condominium regulations

Amidst an as yet unresolved emergency, the European Union is discussing its common home, its household finances, and the constraints…

A united, green, solidarity-based Europe. Christian Churches support the German Presidency

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) released a…

Europe’s economy in freefall, Italy at the tail end. “Recovery Plan at once”

Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni illustrated the economic forecast in Brussels. “Devastating economic effects of the pandemic.” GDP plummeting in all countries,…

Commission: economy in free fall. Gentiloni, “devastating effects of COVID. Recovery Plan urgent”

Commission: economy in free fall, crisis more serious than expected. EU GDP plummeting (-8.3%). Italy last in Europe (-11.2%)