EU strikes budget deal

Threat to EU aid as EU leaders meet to decide future budget   Update 18:30, 8/02/2013 An agreement to the size of EU budget for the period 2014-2020 has been reached. Speaking immediately after the deal was struck, here is what key decision makers had to say...

Feature: Aid from Irish eyes

The Director of Dóchas talks about the priorities of EU aid as it struggles to come to an agreement over the Budget. European leaders negotiating the bloc’s budget must not lose sight of the project’s overarching purpose, argues Hans Zomer....

EU Budget Factsheet

Factsheet on the EU budget, how much goes to development aid and what are the proposals for 2014-2020. Our handy EU Budget factsheet breaks down the facts into 8 straightforward headings:   The figures What is the Multiannual Financial Framework? Structure...