Meeting on 16 May, euro area finance ministers exchanged views on the economic situation of the euro area and discussed the main policy challenges on the basis of the Commission’s Spring 2019 Economic Forecast which was published on 7 May.
BEF Registrations open
On 4 May, thousands of visitors, young and old, from Brussels, Belgium, Europe and beyond braved the wintery weather to attend the 27th edition of Open Day of the European institutions.
The latest episode of Real Economy on Euronews, looks at how the world of work is changing and what people in Europe are doing to keep up with it.
The first venture capital fund in the Nordics investing purely in start-ups with a deep tech and science background was launched on 29 April.
This year’s Brussels Economic Forum, #EUBEF19, will take place after the European elections, when EU citizens will have to opportunity to make choices about the Europe they want to build in the future.
Ahead of the meeting of EU leaders in Sibiu, Romania, on 9 May 2019, the European Commission set out policy recommendations on 30 April for how Europe can shape its future in an increasingly multipolar and uncertain world.
..the European economy is holding up in the face of less favourable global circumstances and persistent uncertainty. Nonetheless, we should stand ready to provide more support to the economy if needed, together with further growth-enhancing reforms.
The European economy is forecast to continue expanding for the seventh year in a row in 2019, with real GDP expected to grow in all EU Member States, according to the Spring Economic Forecast issued on 7 May.
You're invited to the Brussels Economic Forum on 18 June 2019.
This paper investigates the influence of public sector wages on wage levels in other parts Romania's economy and the impact that they may have on the country's external competitiveness.
The EU economic and financial landscape – and especially economic governance – has evolved dramatically since the first issue of ECFIN e-news was published in December 2009.
The Tri Hita Karana Roadmap for Blended Finance is an international unifying framework for mobilising additional commercial capital towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The latest episode of Real Economy on Euronews, “Innovation: Europe's road to growth”, looks at what Europe is doing to help foster the continent's innovative industries, particularly in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) agreed on 8 April to provide EUR 47 million to support expansion, upgrading and modernisation of Maspex Group's food and drinks production and storage facilities across Eastern Europe.
At an informal ECOFIN meeting on 6 April hosted by the Romanian Presidency of the EU, finance ministers discussed the Multi-Annual Financial Framework, the European Growth Agenda, and the transition to a climate neutral economy by 2050, as well as ways to modernise the taxation system for the 21st century and how to step up the fight against tax avoidance.
Greece has delivered on its reform commitments. Subject to national procedures and EFSF board decisions, Greece will receive a grant of EUR 970 million.
At a Eurogroup meeting on 5 April, euro area finance ministers were briefed by the European institutions on progress made by the Greek authorities in implementing reform commitments specified in the Eurogroup statement of 22 June 2018.
The European Economic Area turns 25
