EU Presidency

Portugal’s presidency of the European Council got off to an uncertain start. The transition period for Brexit ended on January 1, and Portugal and Europe were plunged into a second lockdown, but [...]

The president of Eurogroup Paschal Donohoe has warned that taking on billions of euros in extra borrowing to offset the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic will not be “without [...]

Portugal and the world are on the brink of the new ‘Roaring 20s’, a period of unprecedented growth  fuelled by massive borrowing and digital acceleration and new, greener technology. In the fifth [...]

The Portuguese government has announced a €6Bn plan to kick-start Portugal’s decimated tourism sector. The plan ‘Revitalise Tourism|Building the Future which aims to regenerate the tourism [...]

Portuguese Finance Minister João Leão believes that the five EU member states that have yet to ratify a €312Bn ‘bazooka’ package to rescue and rebuild Europe’s economy after the Covid-19 [...]

Portugal, as host country of the European Union rotating presidency, will hold informal meetings of the ministers of Finance of the Euro Zone (Eurogroup) and the European Union (Ecofin) this [...]

Addressing the American Club of Lisbon on the 101st day since the new Joe Biden Democratic administration took office at the White House, Molly Montgomery, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the [...]

The EU Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement that clearly defines the goal of a climate-neutral Union by 2050, as well as a joint, net greenhouse gas [...]

A safe, secure and reliable system of monitoring and regulating the sharing of medical data between Member States of the European Union was on the table at the webinar ‘Accelerating [...]

Called by the Prime Minister António Costa in 2019 to design an economic blueprint for Portugal to 2030, António Costa Silva immediately became the man of the moment and was dubbed Portugal’s [...]