Search results

Doubts rise over future EU funding for Central Europe

Location:

CENTRAL EUROPE

The outlook for continued EU structural fund inflows.

Rows over EU funding abuse may affect budget reform

Location:

EU/CEE

The misuse of EU structural and cohesion funds in eastern member states.

Hungary cannot easily replace lost EU funding

Location:

HUNGARY

EU finance ministers in response postponed decisions on paying Hungary EUR5.8bn under the post-COVID-19 recovery plan, and whether to freeze EUR7.5bn from the ‘cohesion’ funds due…

Prospects for Eastern EU to end-2023

Location:

PROSPECTS H2 2023

Governments will rely on EU funding to re-energise their countries' economies, compensating for slowing external demand and depressed consumption. The war in Ukraine will…

Member states will fight over the next EU budget

Location:

EU

The fiercest fights in the EU are usually about money, and the battle over the EU’s next seven-year budget (the 2021-27 multiannual financial framework, MFF) looks set to be…

Hungary will ramp up efforts to attract FDI

Location:

HUNGARY

The Hungarian government is pursuing foreign direct investment (FDI) to cover some of the gaps created by the freezing of EU aid on rule-of-law grounds. Asian investors are being…

US leadership could firm EU wobbling on Ukraine

Location:

EU

Eastern EU member-states, from the Baltics to the Black Sea, are united in applying existing sanctions against Russia, with only Hungary overtly weakening political unity on the…

Inflation in Eastern Europe will slow monetary easing

Location:

EASTERN EUROPE

The unexpected decision adds significant momentum to Central Europe’s monetary easing campaign, which began in May when Hungary’s National Bank (MNB) reduced its benchmark rate…

Falling numbers will not ease EU migration tension

Location:

EU

EU immigration division.

Eastern members risk falling behind rest of EU

Location:

EU

Speaking on the occasion, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that, over the past 20 years, the promise of stability and prosperity has been fulfilled…