Overview

On 29 January 2026 the Research Conference: “Understanding the Impact of the RRF” brought together members of the academic and research community, along with policy practitioners from public administrations and international organisations, to discuss the research and preliminary evidence available on the RRF. The recording of the event is now available.

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Today, the European Commission positively assessed the Netherlands' third payment request of €551 million in grants under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU.This is an important step in the delivery of the reforms and investments tied to this payment request, in the areas of innovation, education and energy efficiency of homes.

This paper presents recent trends of labour mobility and migration in the EU and analyses their impact on EU labour markets.

This Economic Brief analyses the effects of the expected population ageing on the public expenditure on health care in the EU, discusses the different policy options and finally describes the activities in this field by the European Commission.

This Quarterly Report analyses the cyclical behaviour of risk-sharing across euro area countries, provides evidence for the usefulness of firms’ selling price expectations in forecasting HICP in the euro area and presents the key economic arguments that underpinned the Council decision on the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria.

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On 22 May 2025, the Brussels Economic Forum (BEF) returns for its 25th edition! This year’s BEF will focus on how to navigate a turbulent world to secure Europe’s economy. Join us in Brussels or online to celebrate this anniversary with a day of debates and networking. The programme is now available online. More information on speakers and registration details will follow shortly.

On 4 March, Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis met with young Europeans from all over EU to discuss topics what matters the most for youth, such as competitiveness, investment and sustainability; global order and economic security; digital euro; and implementation and simplification. Check out the event webpage to see the main takeaways and photos from this lively debate.

Remarks by Commissioner Dombrovskis at the ECOFIN press conference

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Opening remarks by Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis at the ECOFIN Press conference

Several project promoters have told us that they have found financing after being published on the Portal. Watch our latest testimonials and see how the Portal was beneficial to them. Three companies from Ireland, Romania and France operating in the health and green sector are telling their story.

On 18 March 2021, DG ECFIN held an online public event to mark the launch of the InvestEU Programme, adopted by the European Parliament on 09 March 2021. The event, which attracted over 1000 stakeholders from across Europe, featured a keynote address and Q&A session with EU Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, as well as speakers from DG ECFIN's Directorate L, and InvestEU potential implementing partners.

The EIPP team was invited to the 2020 virtual edition of the European Space Week and joined the panel discussion on “EU Space Programme and Economy that works for people” that took place on 10 December. EIPP is striving to promote more projects targeting the space sector and we expect to enlarge our project portfolio as a result of our collaboration with the European Global Navigation Satellite System Agency.