Tag: recovery fund
The Ahr Valley is experiencing an economic boom
Destroyed house in Mayschoß an der Ahr After the flood disaster, many craft businesses reopened and are now even training more apprentices. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Ahr Valley experiences a…
Italy wants to renovate a football stadium with EU money – that’s crazy
Italy Giorgia Meloni leads the government in Rome. (Photo: IMAGO/ANP) Italy is the biggest beneficiary of the Corona reconstruction aid. There are good reasons for this, after all, the country…
Italy uses corona aid for stadium construction – EU stops payment
AC Fiorentina Stadium How does the modernization of the 1930s building fit into the guidelines of the Corona reconstruction fund? (Photo: UEFA/Getty Images) Brussels, Rome The “Artemio Franchi” stadium dates…
Italy wants to change the EU recovery fund
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni With the restructuring of the reconstruction fund, she is keeping one of her key campaign promises. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) Brussels, Rome It was an election campaign…
Since courts cannot stop the transfer union, politicians must act
Federal Constitutional Court The top judges in Karlsruhe have waved the EU reconstruction fund through. According to the judges, there is no “obvious violation” of German and EU law. (Photo:…
Government crisis in Italy – there is no external stability
Government crisis in Italy At the end of a vote of confidence in the Senate, it becomes apparent that Italy’s Prime Minister Draghi has clearly failed to achieve the broad…
Why the job boom in Spain and Italy poses risks
Madrid, Rome The latest labor market data from southern Europe seems impressive: Italy’s unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent in March. This is the lowest level since 2010. At the…
Why the job boom in Spain and Italy poses risks
Madrid, Rome The latest labor market data from southern Europe seems impressive: Italy’s unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent in March. This is the lowest level since 2010. At the…
Debate on Debt & Ukraine Accession: EU Unity in Danger
Brussels, Paris In his letter to the European heads of state and government, EU Council President Charles Michel describes the drama of the current situation in the very first sentence:…
EU debated new collective debt
Mario Draghi and Ursula von der Leyen While highly indebted countries such as Italy are very sympathetic to new EU joint bonds, there is clear reluctance north of the Alps.…