Overall budget for next year set at €171.8 billion Essential funding restored for key programmes cut by EU governments Significant increase for Horizon Europe (research), Erasmus+, health, climate and humanitarian aid   MEPs want to support recovery from the pandemic, boost investments, tackle unemployment, and lay the foundations for a more resilient and sustainable […]

  Overview The goal of Europe’s Aviation Strategy* is to ensure the best possible connectivity for passengers and businesses, whilst maintaining high standards for safety, fair competition, the environment and social issues. In 2016, the Commission received a mandate from the Council to negotiate a “Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement (CATA)” with the State of Qatar. […]

Today, the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) launches a new innovation partnership, in the form of a Knowledge and Innovation Community, to support the competitiveness and growth of Europe’s cultural and creative sectors and industries. The new partnership will help accelerate these sectors’ recovery and unlock untapped economic opportunities in the fields of architecture, cultural heritage, […]

What is REACT-EU and how does it involve cohesion policy? REACT-EU stands for Recovery Assistance for Cohesion and the Territories of Europe and is an initiative that continues and extends the crisis response and crisis repair measures delivered through the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative and the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative Plus. It will contribute to a green, digital […]

The Commission is launching today the second call for large-scale projects under the Innovation Fund, one of the world’s largest programmes for the demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies, financed by revenues from the auction of emission allowances from the EU’s Emissions Trading System. With a budget of €1.5 billion it will finance breakthrough technologies for renewable […]

What is the Commission presenting today? The European Commission is presenting a Communication relaunching the public debate on the review of the EU economic governance framework, taking stock of the changed circumstances following the COVID-19 crisis. With this Communication, the Commission invites all stakeholders to reflect on the functioning of the economic governance and present […]

What is the State of the Energy Union report? Each year, the State of the Energy Union report takes stock of the progress made in the implementation of the European energy and climate policies, including notably the Energy Union across its five pillars: decarbonisation, including renewables, energy efficiency, the internal energy market, energy security and research, innovation […]

Together with the annual State of the Energy Union Report, the Commission today adopted three reports on the progress of EU climate policies in 2020: the EU Climate Action Progress Report, the Carbon Market Report and the Fuel Quality Report. The EU Climate Action Progress Report shows that compared to 2019, EU27 greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 fell by almost 10%, […]