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The Ecofin Council reached a political agreement on the economic governance review after many weeks of intensive negotiations. The Commission will continue to assist the EU Council Presidency so that this political agreement can be transposed into a general approach as soon as possible. This will pave the way for opening trilogue negotiations with the European Parliament.

This report by the European Commission presents the findings of the 18th post-programme surveillance mission to Portugal and identifies remaining challenges.

his report by the European Commission presents the findings of the fifteenth post-programme surveillance mission to Cyprus and identifies remaining challenges for the Cypriot economy.

This report by the European Commission presents the findings of the 20th post-programme surveillance mission to Spain and identifies remaining challenges.

This report by the European Commission presents the findings of the 3rd post-programme surveillance mission to Greece and identifies remaining challenges.

This report by the European Commission presents the findings of the nineteenth post-programme surveillance mission to Ireland and identifies remaining challenges.

The European Commission is delighted to invite you to the high-level InvestEU event - InvestEU: Financing Europe’s Future. The event will showcase InvestEU beneficiaries, present the opportunities offered under the InvestEU Fund, Advisory Hub and the Portal and gather feedback from the implementing and advisory partners and our stakeholders.

We are excited to inform you that 7 InvestEU Portal projects successfully raised funds from investors, following their pitches at our 2023 events (co-organized by EBAN and Euroquity/Bpifrance). Our big congratulations to all of them!

As another challenging yet successful year comes to an end, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We are proud that the InvestEU Portal currently features almost 1500 investment projects with the total proposed investment value approaching EUR 15 billion. In the coming year the InvestEU Portal, will continue to boost the visibility of high-quality European projects and companies.

The latest episode of Real Economy asks if businesses and consumers are really seeing a drop in prices, and look ahead to how Europe's economic growth will evolve in the coming months. The episode features an interview with Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni.

The Commission has made a third payment of €700 million of non-repayable financial support (excluding pre-financing) to Croatia under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

The InvestEU: Financing Europe’s Future event will highlight the opportunities offered by InvestEU, showcase InvestEU beneficiaries, and provide an opportunity for engagement with InvestEU partners and stakeholders.

We need both stability and growth. And we should not be resigned to a new period of ‘low for long' when it comes to the growth of the European economy.

Norway is one of the EU's closest and most valued partners. We have strong trade links, of course, with the EEA agreement as the basis for our excellent cooperation for almost thirty years now. But our relationship goes deeper. It is based on a common heritage and history.

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The financing will contribute to the European Union's commitments under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as part of the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement.

The Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Slovakia's payment request for €662 million in grants under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

The Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Slovenia's payment request for €231 million in grants and €310 million in loans under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

The Commission has paid €1.5 billion under the Macro-financial Assistance + package for Ukraine worth up to €18 billion. With this instrument, the EU seeks to help Ukraine cover its immediate funding needs, with stable, predictable and sizeable financial support in 2023.

“This is a time for prudent fiscal policies that complement the ECB’s efforts to fight inflation and thus support purchasing power. Yet it is also essential that governments pursue the reforms and investments needed to enhance our competitiveness and deliver sustained and sustainable growth.”