The Commission has adopted a positive assessment of France's amended recovery and resilience plan, which includes a REPowerEU chapter. The plan is now worth almost €40.3 billion in and covers 24 reforms and 73 investments.
The Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of part of the milestones and targets linked to Romania's second payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility. The 47 milestones and 2 targets that have been satisfactorily fulfilled demonstrate progress in the implementation of Romania's recovery and resilience plan.
A Commission report on the introduction of the euro in Croatia concludes that the changeover was smooth and efficient. The report finds that preparations for the changeover went according to plan, and that the public information campaign co-financed by the Commission provided timely, targeted and concise information to citizens.
According to the latest Eurobarometer survey, the majority of citizens (60%) in EU Member States which have not yet adopted the euro believe that the common currency has had a positive impact on Member States which already use it. A majority also believe that the introduction of the euro would have positive consequences for their own country (53%) and for them personally (56%).
“Together with our proposal for a legal framework for a digital euro, today we are also taking action to safeguard the role of cash in our society.”
The Commission has put forward two proposals to ensure that citizens and businesses can continue to access and pay with euro banknotes and coins across the euro area, and to set out a framework for a possible new digital form of the euro that the European Central Bank may issue in the future, as a complement to cash.
The Commission has paid €1.5 billion under the Macro-financial Assistance (MFA)+ package for Ukraine to help the country cover its immediate funding needs, with stable, predictable and sizeable financial support in 2023.
The European Investment Fund (EIF), backed by the InvestEU programme, has signed two guarantee with Komerční banka, which will enable the Czech lender to extend up to €280 million in fresh financing to micro, small and medium-sized companies.
This paper studies renewable electricity: its development in the past and in the future, public support schemes, alternative purchasing arrangements and its future competitiveness.
This paper presents a new macrofinancial general equilibrium model of the euro area economy.
Researchers are invited to submit papers ahead of the 12th CompNet Annual Conference on the theme of "Firms’ performance in challenging times: Input costs, Technology, Productivity, and Market Power." The deadline for submissions is 7 July 2023. The conference will take place in Brussels on 19-20 October 2023.
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) has opened a new specialist competition for economists. If you want to work in a multi-cultural and dynamic environment at the forefront of European economic analysis and economic policy-making, you can check out the website for further details. The deadline for applications is 25 July 2023.
The European Investment Fund (EIF), backed by the InvestEU programme, has signed three new agreements worth a total of €88 million to support the green transition and small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Italy.
The payment of €20.2 million in grants is made possible as Luxembourg meets the 26 milestones and targets related to the first tranche.
“We want to offer steady and predictable financing to Ukraine for the next four years, to support its economic stability, its recovery and reconstruction, and to facilitate the investments and reforms that will smooth its path towards EU accession.”
The Commission has proposed to establish a dedicated financing instrument that will provide coherent, predictable as well as flexible support for the period 2024-2027 to Ukraine, adapted to the unprecedented challenges of supporting a country at war.
The new InvestEU video is out! Watch this explanatory video and learn more about the programme, how it is implemented, which policy priorities it covers and how to obtain financing and advisory support.
In context of the publication of the European Commission Spring 2023 Economic, we want to know your opinion on the web publication via a short online survey.
