26/10/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 26 October, the Council of the EU approved €504 million for Hungary under the European support instrument SURE. The EU Council has now approved total financial support amounting to €87.9 billion for 17 Member States, made on the basis of European Commission proposals. On Tuesday 27 October, Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn will visit the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, where he and Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel will take part in a bell ringing ceremony that will mark the listing of the first issuance of SURE social bonds, one week after the initial social bond issue of €17 billion (see EUROPE 12596/4). (PH)