28/06/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 28 June, the European Commission announced that it would be issuing €40 billion of long-term EU bonds in the second half of 2023, in order to continue financing the EU’s recovery via Next Generation EU, to support Ukraine and to guarantee funds for other existing programmes. The financing target for the first half of the year was €80 billion. Financing in the second half of the year will therefore bring EU issuance in 2023 to...