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The European Commission approved, under EU State aid rules, a €250 million Portuguese aid measure, made available through the Recovery and Resilience …

Photo © Alexander Raths - Fotolia (STRASBOURG) - MEPs gave their approval Tuesday to the InvestEU programme, to mobilise public and private investments in support of Europes post-Covid recovery, and guarantee simplified access to financing "Invest EU brings in additional funds to turn projects that otherwise wouldnt see the light of day into reality," said parliamentary rapporteur José Manuel Fernandes MEP: "Our strategic sectors, such as pharmaceuticals, should be independent. We...

In brief: Situation in Georgia/Syrian conflict. From around 16.30, MEPs will discuss the current political situation in Georgia and the conflict in Syria and its aftermath with EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell. A resolution on Syria will be put to the vote on Thursday. New EU Fisheries rules. At 15.00, MEPs will debate with Commissioner Sinkevičius their position for upcoming negotiations on controversial rules to monitor the respect for fishing quota in the EU for the next fifteen years....

Commission welcomes political agreement on InvestEU

1. Background: the European Green Deal On 11 December 2019, the European Commission (the " Commission") presented the European Green Deal (the " Green Deal"), with the aim that European Union becomes the first climate – neutral bloc in the world by 2050. To this purpose, European Union will be transformed into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy where there will be no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 and the economic growth will be decoupled from resource use. Reachi...