The ministers responsible for cohesion policy detailed their requests for a second package of measures under the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII) on Friday 27 March at an informal videoconference meeting.
No sooner had the CRII initiative been approved by the European Parliament (see EUROPE B12546A16) than the European Commission was asked by the Member States to present a second package of measures "much more eagerly awaited", it was explained to us. During the discussions...