Belgium

  • Jun 3, 2014
  • 2 min read

EU is unlikely to fine 'fiscal delinquents'

Yesterday the Commission recommended that six member states -- Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark,...

EU
  • Feb 3, 2014
  • 6 min read

EU banks' systemic risk will defy reform efforts

On January 29, the EU announced its long-awaited plan for the structural reform of its banking...

EU
  • Sep 11, 2013
  • 2 min read

EU legal view may see Tobin tax softened or scrapped

The EU Council Legal Service -- the top legal adviser to EU finance ministers -- yesterday argued...

EU
  • Aug 14, 2013
  • 2 min read

Problems defy euro-area's second quarter growth

Quarterly euro-area GDP growth turned positive for the first time since September 2011, expanding...

Europe
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • 7 min read

EU search for revenues may see 'Tobin tax' by 2014

Under the EU's 'enhanced cooperation procedure', eleven euro-area member states (Austria,...

EU
  • Mar 8, 2013
  • 7 min read

New EU budget will not aid recovery

The European Council's compromise over the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014-20...

EU
  • Feb 15, 2013
  • 2 min read

Global forces will derail 'regional' EU financial tax

Eleven member states -- Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Belgium, Estonia,...

EU
  • Feb 13, 2013
  • 7 min read

Belgium's austerity may further separatist cause

On February 7, parliament approved the federal budget for 2013, agreeing austerity measures worth...

Belgium