25/09/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 25 September, the EU Council gave its approval by written procedure to support amounting to €87.4 billion for the 16 member states that requested it under the European instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (the SURE instrument). The €100 billion instrument to support short-time working schemes, which have been put to the test by the pandemic, has been operational since the recent announcement by the...