Fiscal consolidation

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UK's Reeves should go big on tax increases in November, think tank says

LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves should raise taxes by a lot in next month's...

15th October, 2025

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UK's Reeves considering tax increases and spending cuts, Sky News reports

(Reuters) -Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves said she was looking at both tax rises and spend...

15th October, 2025

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Italy approves budget, seeks cash from banks and insurers

By Valentina Za and Giuseppe Fonte ROME/MILAN (Reuters) -Italian banks said on Tuesday they would co...

14th October, 2025

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French PM Lecornu will present budget to cut deficit to 4.7% by end-2026, La Tribune reports

PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's government will present a budget that wil...

13th October, 2025

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UK's Reeves plans to build bigger budget buffer - Telegraph

LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves plans to build up a bigger buffer against h...

12th October, 2025

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French PM urges end to 'ridiculous spectacle' as budget deadline looms

By Gabriel Stargardter and Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) -Reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Le...

11th October, 2025

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French PM Lecornu, Macron's 'soldier monk', steels himself for budget battle

By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -When Sebastien Lecornu gave his first prime-time TV interview hours...

11th October, 2025

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French PM Lecornu under immediate pressure ahead of budget deadline

PARIS (Reuters) -Sebastien Lecornu began his second stint as French prime minister under a cloud of...

11th October, 2025

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Explainer-Why French PM faces immediate budget challenge

By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, freshly reappointed late o...

10th October, 2025

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Austria saves 310 million euros by renegotiating civil servants' pay rise

VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria's government has renegotiated civil servants' annual pay rise, saving 310...

8th October, 2025

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Romania's top court delays ruling on two fiscal measures

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romania's top court on Wednesday rejected two challenges brought against measur...

8th October, 2025

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Explainer-Why French government's resignation pushes 2026 budget into danger zone

PARIS (Reuters) -Fraught French budget negotiations have claimed a third prime minister's scalp in l...

6th October, 2025