Finance
Portugal says efforts to balance budget, cut debt constrained by storm damage
LISBON/BRUSSELS, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Portugal will do all it can to keep the budget balanced and redu...
16th February, 2026
Fiscal consolidation
Finance
Hungary's Orban flags fourth year of 5% deficit as election spending bites
BUDAPEST, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hungary's budget deficit will be around 5% of the GDP this year and next...
6th February, 2026
Finance
French government survives no-confidence votes on expenditure part of 2026 budget
PARIS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The French government survived two votes of no-confidence in parliament on...
27th January, 2026
Finance
EU starts disciplinary steps against Finland for excessive deficit
BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers started disciplinary steps against Fin...
20th January, 2026
Finance
Russia ran a 2025 budget deficit of 2.6% of GDP, highest since 2020
MOSCOW, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Russia ran a budget deficit of 5.6 trillion roubles ($72.12 billion), or...
19th January, 2026
Finance
Spain's polarised politics stymies government's regional funding plan
By Victoria Waldersee MADRID, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A new fiscal model proposed by Spain's finance mini...
15th January, 2026
Finance
As French budget talks restart, PM Lecornu walks political tightrope
By Elizabeth Pineau and Leigh Thomas PARIS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecorn...
7th January, 2026
Headlines
Czech 2025 budget likely to be in deeper deficit than targeted, new minister says
PRAGUE, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The Czech central state budget is likely to be in a deeper deficit this y...
29th December, 2025
Headlines
French lawmakers pass emergency rollover budget law
PARIS, Dec 23 (Reuters) - French lawmakers scrambled on Tuesday to pass emergency legislation to kee...
23rd December, 2025
Headlines
UK's Reeves sets March 3 as date for next economic forecasts
LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - British finance minister Rachel Reeves has asked the country's budget wat...
22nd December, 2025
Finance
France rushes emergency budget law to avert shutdown after talks collapse
PARIS, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu held talks on Monday with French politica...
22nd December, 2025
Finance
Germany headed for biggest deficit since reunification, Bundesbank says
FRANKFURT, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Germany is heading for its largest deficit since the reunification bet...
19th December, 2025