On Tuesday 27 October, the European Commission announced a total of €17 billion to Italy, Spain and Poland as the first tranche of aid under the SURE instrument, which aims to support national short-time working schemes.
Italy received €10 billion (out of a total of €27.4 billion), Spain €6 billion (out of €21.3 billion) and Poland €1 billion (out of €11.2 billion), according to the institution. So far, the EU Council has approved financial assistance of €87.9 billion under...