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HeadlinesGerman Election Brings Relief to European Markets, Debt Brake in Focus
FinanceFrance Can No Longer Afford to Put Off Belt-Tightening, Public Auditor Says
HeadlinesFactbox-Main Measures and Targets in French 2025 Budget
HeadlinesUK's Reeves Budget Rule Outlook Is "on a Knife Edge," Think Tank Says
UK's Starmer Says Britain Will Stick to Fiscal Rules
Date: January 24, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will keep to the fiscal rules set out in finance minister Rachel Reeves' October budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday. "We're going to stick to our fiscal rules,"...
EU to Approve Updated French Deficit-Cutting Plan on Tuesday
Date: January 20, 2025
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union finance ministers will approve French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's deficit-cutting plan on Tuesday as it complies with the EU's recommendations to bring the...
EU to Approve New French Deficit-Cutting Plan on Tuesday
Date: January 20, 2025
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers will approve French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's deficit-cutting plan on Tuesday as it complies with the EU's recommendations to bring the...
Austrian Far Right, Conservatives Plan Cuts to Climate Measures
Date: January 16, 2025
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) and conservative People's Party (OVP) plan to improve the state's finances by scrapping climate-change-related measures...
French 2025 Budget Targets 50 Billion Euros in Cost Savings, Finance Minister Says
Date: January 6, 2025
PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Eric Lombard said on Monday that the 2025 budget bill his new government was working on targeting 50 billion euros ($51.7 billion)in cost savings - a lower...
Japan’s Cabinet Approves Record Budget, Faces Tough Parliament Fight
Date: December 27, 2024
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s cabinet on Friday approved a record $730 billion budget for the next fiscal year, while limiting new bond issuance to the lowest in 17 years on the back of record tax revenue. However, Ishiba’s minority government faces a tough political battle with opposition parties to...