On Friday 27 March, the European Commission adopted the first amending budget for the year 2020, increasing the EU budget by €75 million to help Member States repatriate their nationals and to increase the budget of the RescEU medical stockpile.
The draft amending budget includes a total of €115 million in additional funding to "provide an urgent response to prevent further deterioration of the situation resulting from the COVID-19 epidemic", according to the text of the proposal (see...