Two bills to amend the US EPA Water Infrastructure and Finance Act (WIFIA) loan Program are expected to be in Congress soon. These short bills contain various amendments and directives that will improve the WIFIA Program. One amendment in both stands out. It involves the federal budgetary...

Über dem Haushaltsentwurf der nordrhein-westfälischen Landesregierung für das Jahr 2024 schwebt die Schuldenbremse. Im Grunde kommt das Verbot der strukturellen Neuverschuldung auf Länderebene das erste Mal zum Tragen, nachdem die regulären Grenzen im Zeitraum von 2020 bis 2023 ausgesetzt...

The COVID-19 pandemic, dramatic natural disasters and migration challenges are just a few of the exceptional challenges the EU faced in the last three years. Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine and the accompanying weaponisation of energy supplies has brought...

Gender budgeting is becoming more important in the budget and budgetary control processes of the European Union (EU). This trend is also apparent in the Member States of the EU. In some Member States gender budgeting is already part of the process, while others are just starting to explore the...

The European Parliament is one of the key advocates of gender mainstreaming - including gender responsive budgeting (GRB) - in the European Union and its Member States. In addition, it has made significant efforts to implement gender mainstreaming in its own political, administrative and...

Working Document V presents the budget implementation forecast for 2023, information on assigned revenue (implementation in 2022 and estimation for 2024) and a progress report on outstanding commitments (RAL) pursuant to Articles 41(3)(d) and 41(8) of the Financial Regulation.