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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12881
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Economy

European Commission presents new €1.2 billion macrofinancial assistance for Ukraine

As announced the day before by its executive vice-president, Valdis Dombrovskis (see EUROPE B12880A3), the European Commission presented on Tuesday 1 February a sixth macrofinancial assistance package to Ukraine worth €1.2 billion in the form of long-term loans at very favourable rates, to help the country cope with its difficulties.

A first instalment of €600 million will be released as soon as the Memorandum of Understanding between the EU and Kiev is finalised and approved by the...

Contents

BEACONS
EP2024: creation of transnational lists, a real-life test for pro-European majority in European Parliament
SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: EU ministers want to speed up pace of securing EU empowerment
CLIMATE/FINANCE: draft EU taxonomy delegated act on fossil gas and nuclear will be adopted by Commission on 2 February
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States look for ways to develop low-carbon agriculture
HOME AFFAIRS: interinstitutional agreement on reform of Europol
JUSTICE: Éric Dupond-Moretti to speed up European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on electronic evidence
JUSTICE: Eurojust calls for more resources to strengthen its staff
ENERGY: French Presidency of EU Council consults Member States on revision of Energy Efficiency Directive
ENERGY: Ember report states soaring gas prices have halted process of moving away from coal in Europe
TRANSPORT: ReFuelEU Aviation, six Member States argue for possibility of setting more ambitious national targets
SECURITY - DEFENCE
RUSSIA: Ms Svetoka calls for sanctions regime against disinformation
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: McAllister praises Ukrainian calm despite situation
DEVELOPMENT: Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne stresses geostrategic importance of proactive, more effective and more visible European policy
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: Clément Beaune explains choice of hearing Hungary at EU Council after Hungarian parliamentary elections
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: European Commission presents new €1.2 billion macrofinancial assistance for Ukraine
COMPANIES: Pascal Canfin sets out his expectations for sustainable corporate governance
STATE AID: Covid-19, European Commission approves German support of €1.7 billion to recapitalise Flughafen Berlin
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: MEPs are calling for EU directive on psychosocial risks and well-being at work
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for €10 million Italian scheme to support companies recycling aluminium
MYANMAR: Josep Borrell and 9 Foreign Ministers from third countries call for an end to violence
BUDGET: MEPs give green light to €3.7 million in aid for 297 redundant Airbus workers in France
EMPLOYMENT: euro area unemployment at 7.0% in December 2021
ENERGY: IEA expects global fossil gas demand growth to slow in 2022
JAPAN: 28 new European and Japanese geographical indications recognised
KENYA: a joint declaration with EU sets out priorities of Strategic Dialogue for an enhanced partnership
TRANSPORT: ReFuelEU Aviation, several NGOs and airlines call for more progress on sustainable fuels