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May 28
NEW: EU Big Six reach deal on key markets package in Berlin
Key compromise is to expand ESMA powers “as soon as possible” (ie: no timeline)
Detailed statement will come out tmrw
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May 28
EXC: EU forecasts €13B budget return from new gambling tax for 2028-2034 budget
Potential levies on crypto firms and U.S. tech giants are estimated to respectively generate around €20 billion and €35 billion in seven years
Full story 👇
pro.politico.eu/news/219090
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EU warns UK that Iran energy price shock should not be used as an excuse to water down sanctions on Russia
For a long time, UK's been out ahead of EU in the strength of its Russia sanctions regime. On this one they're looking like laggards
w/ @GregSorgi
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May 20
NEW: Commission cleared Spain of misusing EU post-Covid funds in letter to Parliament
Brussels poured cold water on Spanish auditors claiming that govt used EU money to finance pensions
“They do not call into question the lawful use of NextGenerationEU funds under EU law”
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May 10
Expanding joint EU debt issuance would save governments billions of euros in borrowing costs, former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta tells POLITICO in an interview.
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Apr 29
🚨Will Magyar save Hungary’s €10B EU recovery funds by August?
Negotiators are looking at loopholes: transferring € to national bank; dropping loans; merging projects w/t regular EU funds
Details in this story by @zoyashef @MaxGriera and me 👇🏻
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Apr 23
NEW: Russian oil finally arrived to Hungary via Druzhba pipeline at 12:55 p.m., says Hungarian official
It clears the last hurdle to approve EU's €90 billion to Ukraine after months of difficult negotiations
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Apr 22
NEW: Eurostat confirms Italy's deficit at 3.1 percent ... Big setback for Meloni's goal to leave excessive deficit procedure in 2026
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Apr 9
Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar has pledged to claw back €17B EU payouts in record time if he wins the election.
It won’t be easy.
Full story 👇
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19 Dec 2025
BDW vs Politico. Haha priceless.
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12 Dec 2025
EXC: Italy throws weight behind Belgium in opposing EU’s €210 billion Russian assets loan to Ukraine
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11 Dec 2025
NEW: Greek finmin Kyriakos Pierrakakis wins race for Eurogroup presidency
Belgian bid seriously weakened by stance on Russian assets
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5 Dec 2025
Shame on Infantino for transforming a celebration of football into a political rally #FifaWorldCupDraw
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4 Dec 2025
How Belgium became Russia’s most valuable asset.
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10 Nov 2025
EPP claims victory over budget concessions on agri, regions
BUT the mood among S&D is a lot more downbeat.
"Nothing substantial to answer demands of letter," says one MEP
Takeaway of the day: Parliament will back down on MFF resolution, allowing VDL to breath sigh of relief
10 Nov 2025
Victory for the @Europarl_EN in defending farmers and regions in the next long-term EU budget!
After four months of intense work with the @EU_Commission, we secured key improvements to the National Plans Regulation: a 10% rural target, agricultural legislation back in the #CAP, and a stronger role for regions throughout the process.
#MFF #budget
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9 Nov 2025
🚨: Commission suggests changes to budget (MFF) to avert Parliament rebellion
It'll be discussed in meeting between VDL, Metsola and Danish PM on Monday
Key points:
- 10% agri spending target
- More involvement of regions
- Bigger role of Parl
Story 👇
pro.politico.eu/news/208090
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24 Oct 2025
EU Confidential was at the EUCO summit until the wee hours yesterday.
@swheaton spoke to @GregSorgi @ZiaWeise @NicholasVinocur and @TimRoss_1 on what leaders plan to do about the external threat from Putin — and the internal threat from the far right: open.spotify.com/show/3wjOOI…
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3 Oct 2025
The two biggest groups in the European Parliament are planning to torpedo key elements of Brussels' next seven-year budget proposal, in a major challenge to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's €1.8 trillion spending plan.
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Gregorio Sorgi retweeted
1 Oct 2025
If politicians’ careers live or die by communicating clearly to the masses, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen seems to have a problem.
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2 Oct 2025
🚨 The EU Commission rejected Hungary's plan to unblock €545 million in frozen EU funds
HU will only receive €163.5 million in advance payments
EU might gain leverage to secure concessions from Orban on Ukraine accession, Reparations Loan etc.
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