🏛️ Politics 17h ago · Ellen O'Regan

Irish EU presidency to cost triple those of Cyprus, Denmark

Politico Europe
In-depth reporting on European Union politics
View Channel →
Source ↗ 👁 0 💬 0
Ireland is set to spend more than three times as much as Cyprus and Denmark on its Presidency of the Council of the EU, with the estimated cost of chairing the bloc’s policy agenda between July 1 and Dec. 31 nearing €300 million.



Almost half of the projected €293 million budget produced by Ireland’s public expenditure department — €125 million — is being allocated to policing and security, as the neutral country, long viewed as Europe’s defense blind spot, scrambles to ramp up security capaci

Comments (0)

Sign in to join the discussion

More Like This

📰
Andy Burnham must redress the balance between markets, fairness and poverty
New Statesman · 14h ago
How A.I. Is Changing the Way Politicians Run for Office
NYT > U.S. > Politics · 14h ago
📰
Europe’s awkward embrace of Turkey
POLITICO · 15h ago
‘Am I losing this battle? Yes’: Martin Lewis on the online scams that steal his identity – and others’ life savings
Politics | The Guardian · 15h ago
Extreme Weather Will Upend U.S.-China Competition
FA RSS · 15h ago
📰
Wunder geschehen, oder: Wird die Koalition etwa erfolgreich?
POLITICO · 15h ago