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Financial sector, consumers and business on COVID-19 relief measures

Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Executive Vice President for Economics in the Service of People and Commissioner for Financial Services

Thursday June 4th, 2020

As many European countries carefully ease their lockdowns, there are glimmers of optimism that we may soon have seen the worst of this crisis. However, the pandemic is far from over. By necessity, we still have limits on our private and professional lives to contain the spread of the virus. Economic activity remains constrained. The […]

A Green and Just Recovery : Remarks by Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans

Thursday June 4th, 2020

After yesterday’s presentation of the package, we know what the dimensions are of the problem we need to face. We know what the dimensions will be of the response in financial terms of the EU. We now have to talk about the content of that response. For us, if we take on this extra burden […]

Commission launches consultation to seek views on Digital Services Act package

Thursday June 4th, 2020

Today the Commission has launched a public consultation on the Digital Services Act, a landmark package announced by President von der Leyen in her political guidelines and in the Commission’s Communication “Shaping Europe’s Digital Future” of 19 February. The consultation seeks to gather views, evidence and data from people, businesses, online platforms, academics, civil society […]

EU COVID-19 recovery plan must be green and ambitious, say MEPs

Thursday June 4th, 2020

Green deal must take centre stage of EU recovery efforts EU Climate Law to move ahead as planned Commission proposals on biodiversity and farm-to-fork to be delayed only a few weeks In a debate with Frans Timmermans, the Environment Committee says the EU must remain firm on climate change and the timetable foreseen for the […]

European Investment Advisory Hub sends projects worth €34 billion to European Investment Bank pipeline

Tuesday May 19th, 2020

Advisory Hub has received 2,300 advisory support requests since 2015 Majority of requests from cohesion countries More than 150 projects worth €34 billion have applied for EIB financing as a result, as part of an ever increasing contribution to an investable project pipeline The European Investment Advisory Hub releases its 2019 annual report today, which […]

Speech by Commissioner Thierry Breton

Culture Committee of the European Parliament

Tuesday May 19th, 2020

Speech of May 4th 2020 Dear President, Dear Mariya, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me to your Committee meeting. This is the first time since my confirmation as Commissioner that I have the opportunity to address the CULT Committee. And I am delighted to be able to have this exchange with you, which […]

The European sustainable industry strategy

Thierry Breton Commissioner for Internal Market, European Commission

Tuesday May 5th, 2020

The European sustainable industry strategy As the most important industrial continent in the world, Europe has great responsibilities in leading the way. We have set a clear ambition: to become the first climate neutral economy by 2050. President Von Der Leyen has made this the central pillar of this Commission’s political priorities, since an ambitious […]

The challenges of achieving carbon neutrality

Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, European Commission

Tuesday May 5th, 2020

The commitment of European Green Deal to respond with decisive actions to the challenges of achieving carbon neutrality. The sense of urgency we need when talking about the transition towards a circular economy can be conveyed by a single equation: if we keep on with our growth model, by 2050 the world will be consuming […]

Mr Peter ALTMAIER

German’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy

Monday May 4th, 2020

Energy-intensive industries will be particularly affected by the transformations entailed in the European Green Deal. The new year has begun with good news: greenhouse gas emissions in Germany have plummeted, with the energy sector alone cutting around 50 million tons of CO2. The carbon price, which Germany has now extended to the heating and transport […]

Mrs Margrethe VESTAGER

Executive Vice-president for Digital Europe and Commissioner for Competition

Monday May 4th, 2020

State aid rules for the green transition Our state aid rules have to deal with the huge investments that we’ll need, to make Europe climate neutral by 2050. Our Sustainable Europe Investment Plan will help make a trillion euros available for that investment. And with so much at stake, it’s easy to assume that we […]

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