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This empirical paper analyses the fiscal impact of extreme weather events.

The paper focuses on public administration reforms in Greece and the information provided in this paper was used as an input for the ex-post evaluation of the Greek adjustment programmes during the period 2010-2018.

An overview of economic developments in candidate and pre-candidate countries.

Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine continues to negatively affect the EU economy, setting it on a path of lower growth and higher inflation compared to the Spring Forecast.

The shocks unleashed by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine continue to negatively affect the EU economy, setting it on a path of lower growth and higher inflation compared to the Spring Forecast.

The latest episode of Real Economy on Euronews assesses how realistic and affordable Europe’s plans for energy independence are.

On 1 July, the Commission proposed a new €1 billion macro-financial assistance (MFA) operation for Ukraine as the first part of the exceptional MFA package of up to €9 billion announced in the Commission's communication of 18 May 2022 and endorsed by the European Council of 23-24 June 2022.

The Commission received an official recovery and resilience plan from the Netherlands on 8 July.

On July 12, the Council adopted the final three legal acts which will enable Croatia to introduce the euro as its currency on 1 January 2023.

This annual report presents a review of key policy developments and analytical findings in the area of public finances.

An overview of Member States' 2022 Stability and Convergence Programmes and an assessment of the recent and prospective fiscal stance.

Global Forum on Productivity

Public consultation on the Investment Plan for Europe

The Commission issued an additional €5 billion in green bonds on 22 June as part of the tenth syndicated operation under the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument.

On 24 June, the Commission announced its intention to issue €50 billion in the form of Union bonds to finance the NextGenerationEU recovery program between July and December 2022, an amount to be completed using short-term financing (Union debt securities).

On 29 June, the Commission received the second payment request from Italy under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for a disbursement of €21 billion in financial support (net of pre-financing).

The Commission has approved a positive preliminary assessment of Spain's request for payment of a second €12 billion grant under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the key instrument at the heart of NextGenerationEU.

On 27 June, the Commission endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Slovakia's payment request for €398.7 million in grants under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the key instrument at the heart of NextGenerationEU.

During a visit to Croatia on 28 June, European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography Šuica took part in a press point with Croatian Prime Minister Plenković on the implementation of the Croatian recovery and resilience plan.

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