Ukraine’s fate is in the hands of the West’s most pro-Putin prime minister, Viktor Orban. To be more precise, it is in Kiev from 10 billion euros, which the European Commission has frozen for some time due to the Hungarian government’s violation of the rule of law, and which Brussels is now freezing to persuade […]
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Because Pnrr and the EU’s crackdown on immigrants could be costly to farmers and regions in Southern Italy
When last June the European Commission presented its request to increase the EU’s multi-annual budget by an extra 66 billion euros between now and 2027, many in the ranks of Giorgia Meloni’s government welcomed the move. Moreover, a large part of the “corrective maneuver” affects the direct interests of Italy: 19 billion to cover the […]
“Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world”: Attack on Kiev at the EU summit
“Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world” and the EU’s financial support “must be conditioned on guarantees that money, including Slovak money, is not used improperly”. Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said this in a post on Facebook during the EU summit proceedings. In Brussels, leaders of 27 countries are discussing […]
What would change for Italy if Ukraine joins the EU?
The European Union may give the green light to Ukraine’s membership negotiations by the end of the year. This would be a decisive step forward for a process that could end in 2030, EU Council President Charles Michel noted in an interview. Therefore, within six years, the bloc could expand from the current 27 members […]
Italy receives more than it pays from the EU for the first time
In 2021, Italy paid less money to the European Union than it received. The positive balance between revenues and payments on the Rome-Brussels axis is around 8.6 billion euros, mainly thanks to Pnrr. This is a first for our country, so far a small group of net contributors to the EU budget, namely these Member […]