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February 18
2022
European Union - African Union summit
During this week, on 17 (Thursday) and 18 (Friday) February, the sixth European Union – African Union summit has been taking place, where the leaders of the EU and of the...
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Today, the Commission is announcing an investment of over €110 million into LIFE programme integrated projects for environmental and climate protection,...
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February 08
2022
Commission raises further €5 billion for Europe's recovery
In its first bond syndication of 2022, the European Commission has today raised a further €5 billion in NextGenerationEU funds on behalf of the EU in yet another successful...
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The Commission proposed to the European Parliament and Council, on 26 January (Wednesday) to sign up for a declaration of rights and principles that will guide the...
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January 27
2022
EU to assist West and Central Africa will €175 million
The EU is reaffirming its solidarity with vulnerable people in countries in West and Central Africa through a humanitarian budget of €175 million in 2022. The funding will be...
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January 25
2022
European Medicines Agency role reinforced as part of a stronger European Health Union
Today, as part of the ongoing work to build a strong European Health Union, the Council has adopted the Regulation revising the mandate of the European Medicines Agency...
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January 21
2022
EU Solidarity Fund assists 19 countries with €385 million
The Commission completed the payments of the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) assistance to tackle the coronavirus health emergency to 19 countries for a total amount of...
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The two new initiatives adopted today, a European strategy for universities and a Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on building bridges for effective...
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January 14
2022
Creative Europe programme has increased budget in 2022
The Commission has adopted the 2022 work programme of Creative Europe, which will be followed by the launch of the relevant calls for proposals. With a budget of...
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January 10
2022
New EU SME fund launched
Today, the Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) launched the new EU SME Fund, which offers vouchers for EU-based SMEs to help them protect...
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January 04
2022
NextGenerationEU: Commission makes first payment to Spain and receives first payment requests from Italy and Greece
On December 27, the Commission made the first payment to Spain of €10 billion in non-reimbursable financial support (excluding pre-financing) under the Recovery and Resilience...
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December 27
2021
Commission proposes EU own resources
The Commission proposed to establish the next generation of own resources for the EU budget by putting forward 3 new sources of revenue: the first based on revenues from...
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