Winter 2024 Economic Forecast - EIB, backed by InvestEU, provides €1.2 billion for ASPI plan for a safer, greener and more resilient motorway network in Italy - Commission approves up to €6.9 billion of State aid by seven Member States for the third Important Project of Common European Interest in the hydrogen value chain - Updated Ukraine Recovery and Reconstruction Needs Assessment Released - Commission monitors strengths and challenges of EU s competitiveness - Investigation of the Commission and consumer authorities finds that online influencers rarely disclose commercial content - European farmers exempted from rules on land lying fallow - Commission approves the acquisition of Asiana by Korean Air, subject to conditions - Commission welcomes provisional agreement modernising maritime accident investigations - Commission closes State aid investigation into Danish and Swedish public financing of Oresund fixed rail-road link
Commission opens €4 billion call for proposals for net-zero technologies under the Innovation Fund - Report on CAP covering the 2023-2027 period highlights shift towards a sustainable EU farming model - Commission allocates support of over €50 million to Greek and Slovenian farmers affected by natural disasters - Commission calls on Member States to step up Schengen cooperation - Commission launches first European Hydrogen Bank auction with €800 million of subsidies for renewable hydrogen production - Commission endorses Hungary s €4.6 billion REPowerEU chapter, to complement its recovery and resilience plan - Commission shares good practices to further enhance cooperation on EU asylum procedures among Member States
EU foreign investment screening and export controls help underpin European security - Commission fines pharma companies €13,4 million in antitrust cartel settlement - Commission endorses Austria s €4 billion modified recovery and resilience plan, including a REPowerEU chapter - Eurobarometer shows how important Animal Welfare is for Europeans - Commission endorses Sweden s €3.45 billion modified recovery and resilience plan, including a REPowerEU chapter - Commission endorses Denmark s REPowerEU chapter - Commission approves acquisition of Seagen by Pfizer - Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict - Commission recommends Member States to fast-track DSA governance to enhance response to illegal online content - Commission supports the ramp-up of European ammunition and missiles production with first calls for proposals - Commission sets out new EU Roadmap of priority measures to fight organis
President von der Leyen and President Metsola travel to Israel - Commission sends request for information to X under the Digital Services Act - EIB with support from InvestEU invests €450 million in the construction of AESC electric battery gigafactory in Douai - joint press conference with Moldovan President Sandu - Commission orders Illumina to unwind its completed acquisition of GRAIL - Ten European cities awarded with EU Mission Label for their plans to reach climate-neutrality by 2030 - €40 million European backing for Dutch hydrogen innovator Battolyser Systems - Animal Welfare Summit Organised in Austria - Commission sets out tools to manage demographic change in the EU - Winners of the 31st edition Lorenzo Natali Media Prize - New funding, to protect 370 million children from polio every year, puts world on verge of eradicating polio once and for all - €2.8 million from European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support 421 dismissed workers in Belgium
Commission outlines further support measures for Armenia - 50th anniversary of European Patent Convention - Commission welcomes agreement on new legislation to prevent 500 million tonnes of emissions from fluorinated gases and ozone depleting substances - Factsheet: EU solidarity with Ukraine - Delivering in times of crises while preserving the EU financial interests through the 2022 EU budget - Commission launches investigation on subsidised electric cars from China - State aid: Commission adopts amendment to rules on small amounts of aid to the fishery and aquaculture sector - State aid: Commission approves €193 million Lithuanian scheme to support offshore wind farms to foster the transition to a net-zero economy - Pompeii restored thanks to a €78 million investment in Cohesion Policy Funds - State aid: Commission approves €910 million Italian scheme under the Recovery and Resilience Facility to support agro-industrial development - ING Belgium to make up to €214 million in