TAG: Playbook
Schadenfreude reigns as Berlin pays the price of its tough line on debt
BRUSSELS — Germany has long been the European Union’s penny pincher par excellence — a paragon of fiscal rectitude in contrast to its spendthrift neighbors. But now its insistence on balancing the books is coming back to bite. To some surprise, Germany mi...
2 weeks ago
EU to release €799M to Slovakia after rule-of-law dispute
BRUSSELS — The European Union is releasing €799 million in grants to Slovakia after a long-standing dispute over threats to rule of law, the bloc’s executive arm ruled on Tuesday.The payment to Slovakia, which comes from the EU-wide Recovery and Resilienc...
2 weeks ago
EU scrambles to prepare for a Trump return
BRUSSELS — Top European Union officials have met with the bloc’s ambassadors to talk through what it would mean if Donald Trump wins the U.S. election, 12 EU diplomats told POLITICO. "They're worried about trade but mostly [about] Ukraine,” one of the dip...
1 week ago