A mad dash for EU funds
The government is in a mad dash to ensure that all funds made available by the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Fund are, in fact, absorbed.
Archives
-
ECONOMY
August 17, 2025 -
EUROPE 
February 27, 2025 Bulgaria loses €653 million in EU funds amid reform delays
SOFIA – Bulgaria has irreversibly lost a €653 million EU grant under the Recovery and Resilience Facility due to delayed reforms and is at risk of losing most of the funding under this programme.
-
EUROPE
November 3, 2024 Portuguese agriculture minister promises to boost implementation of EU funds
Portuguese Agriculture Minister José Manuel Fernandes pledged on Thursday to step up the implementation of the various EU programmes for the sector as the opposition criticised the government’s handling of the bluetongue epidemic.
-
ECONOMY
December 15, 2023 Athens seeks more EU funds for migrants, climate
The European Union needs to commit more resources to controlling migration and tackling the impact of climate change, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in comments as he arrived for an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday.
-
EUROPE
April 6, 2022 Commission to trigger mechanism that could see Hungary lose EU funds
**This article has been updated with comments from officials of the Hungarian government
-
EUROPE
March 9, 2021 European Parliament wants EU funds to depend on rights such as equality
German Green MEP Terry Reintke, co-chair of the European Parliament’s LGBTIQ intergroup, called for “strong limitations” so that EU funds can only be spent on projects respecting fundamental values such as equality.
