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Rocsys BV, a Netherlands-based provider of autonomous charging solutions for electric transport, has signed a €18 million deal with the European Investment Bank (EIB), made possible with the support of the InvestEU programme to accelerate the development and deployment of its second and third generation autonomous robotic charging solutions.

The InvestEU Investment Committee has approved a new guarantee, bringing the total number of operations financed by the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) and backed by InvestEU to five. The CEB projects are expected to mobilise €252.5 million in financing for affordable social housing, education and training, as well as microfinance and social enterprise finance sectors.

Italy has submitted a request to the Commission to modify a specific set of milestones and targets of its recovery and resilience plan, corresponding to ten measures included in the 4th payment request. The Commission will now assess whether the modified plan still fulfils the assessment criteria in the RRF Regulation.

Austria and Slovenia have submitted requests to the Commission to modify their respective recovery and resilience plans, to which they also want to add REPowerEU chapters. The Commission will now assess whether Austria and Slovenia's respective modified plans fulfil the assessment criteria in the RRF Regulation.

“In spite of the shocks caused by COVID-19 and Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, the EU has continued to make progress towards the SDGs. We have advanced on ensuring decent work and economic growth; reducing poverty; and fostering peace, security and inclusive societies and institutions.”

The European Union has presented at the United Nations in New York its first Voluntary Review on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The review underlines how the EU has put the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the heart of EU policymaking. This is visible in all major EU initiatives, from the European Green Deal to NextGenerationEU. The European Commission has also integrated the SDGs in the European Semester, the EU's framework for economic and fiscal policy coordination.

We are excited to inform you that Interstellar Lab - an InvestEU Portal company - successfully raised funding from business angel investors, following their pitch at the 2022 European Angel Investment Summit (co-organized by EBAN and the InvestEU Portal). Our big congratulations to them!

This paper presents an overview of economic developments in the Western Balkans and Türkiye in the second quarter of 2023.

We are pleased to share the news that the InvestEU Portal now also promotes the first submitted projects from Norway and Iceland. Have a look at who these companies are!

We are happy to announce that the new InvestEU video is now published. What is InvestEU and how is it implemented? Which policy priorities does it cover? How can financing and advisory support be obtained? Watch the explanatory video and find the answers to these questions and much more about the programme! Watch the video here!

This paper presents simulations with the Commission’s QUEST model to examine whether rising inflation stemming from a terms-of-trade deterioration could reduce public debt-to-GDP ratios.

This discussion paper presents key findings on the implementation and functioning of MTBFs in the EU over the last decade and on identified past and future challenges.

An overview of Member States' 2023 Stability and Convergence Programmes and an assessment of the recent and prospective fiscal stance.

The most recent episode of Real Economy examines the digital euro. The episode features an interview with Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union, Mairead McGuinness, who explains the challenges of creating this new currency and why we need a digital euro.

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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an agreement, backed by the InvestEU programme, for a €50 million loan to co-finance a new grain terminal at the Black Sea port of Varna, in Bulgaria. The project will support food safety, promote less carbon intensive maritime transport, and boost economic growth in the region.

The Commission has adopted a positive assessment of Ireland’s request to modify its plan with targeted amendments to two measures. The measures aim to encourage private investment in energy efficiency and increase the supply of social and affordable housing.

The Commission has adopted positive assessment of Slovakia's modified recovery and resilience plan, which includes a REPowerEU chapter. The plan is now worth €6.4 billion in grants and covers 64 reforms and 60 investments.

The Commission has adopted positive assessment of Malta's modified recovery and resilience plan, which includes a REPowerEU chapter. The plan is now worth €328 million and covers 31 reforms and 16 investments.