Finance

The economy ministry is mulling leveraging the country’s Public Investment Bank to finance the industry, several officials told POLITICO. 

As U.S. joins foreign ministers’ gathering in Quebec, Mélanie Joly warns counterparts that they are next.

A flurry of crucial policy reviews on areas that could define the U.K. prime minister’s government are coming due. POLITICO has you covered.

It’s the accounting maneuver that could break the Senate, upend the federal budget process and explode the national debt. That’s according to critics of a fiscal tactic …

BRUSSELS — EU governments should use the €150 billion in loans the Commission wants to borrow on markets to boost the bloc’s defense capacity to buy from …

Agreement with Seoul comes as the Donald Trump administration takes aim at the EU’s tech rulebook, which it sees as a trade barrier.

Macron’s calls for more military spending without tax increases have sparked fears over future cuts to social programs.

Musk responds: “There is no substitute for Starlink.”

Establishment of the fund in 2023 was a victory for climate change activists from developing nations.

A fight over how the Commission spends its cash expands to 28 NGOs and business giants.

Losing faith in Washington as a military ally, Berlin wants to rip up the old fiscal orthodoxy. But it’s now a race against the clock.

Announcement slated to take place before cash-strapped Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ spring statement later this month.

Northern European countries traditionally unenthusiastic about higher spending are wary of Germany’s new-found desire to splash the cash.

Investors have developed a taste for EU-branded debt — Brussels may soon test their appetite again. 

Andrew Bailey tells MPs it would be a “very damaging thing for the world” if U.S. president pulls out of World Bank and International Monetary Fund too.

Once Europe’s most influential fiscal hawk, Berlin is now leading the charge for greater fiscal flexibility.

The Labour government has promised to lead the world on climate change, but its renewed focus on defense has thrown those plans into uncertainty.

– Milliardenkredite für Verteidigung und Investition: Bei den Sondierungen einigen sich CDU und SPD zuerst über das Geld. Auch die Reform der Schuldenbremse soll in Angriff genommen …

Paris is looking into whether Russia’s €200 billion can be used to guarantee new loans to Ukraine.

Diplomats are already worried pro-Russian EU governments could derail the attempt to regain the initiative from Trump ― and save Ukraine.

COP16 talks in Rome yielded agreement on funding nature restoration in poorer countries — but some details remain vague.

France, Italy and Poland support the move, but others fear it might prompt Donald Trump to retaliate in anger.