Italy’s budget for next year reflects fiscal caution

In its first budget, Italy’s new Eurosceptic government has opted for a moderate increase in spending

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Hungary cannot easily replace lost EU funding

The potential loss of funding from EU scrutiny of Hungary’s institutions could be highly damaging

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Shoppers are reining in their purchases as goods become unavailable and family earners go off to fight

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Despite economic problems and surging emigration, the united opposition will make only modest gains in local elections

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Unity on Ukraine, the economic and energy crises, and migration pressures are among the EU’s main challenges for 2023

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The left-wing coalition needs the president’s support to tackle the energy crisis and overhaul taxes

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Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats could break with tradition by pursuing a governing alliance with the centre-right

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Jordan Bardella has taken over from Marine Le Pen as head of the far-right National Rally party

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Economic and security crises are worsening, encouraging more people to leave the country

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Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are in relatively good shape, in large part because Russia continues to import their labour

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