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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13711
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Economy

Payment of €250 million in macrofinancial assistance to Jordan

On Wednesday 17 September, the European Commission paid out €250 million to Jordan as part of the fourth macrofinancial assistance package approved in the spring, worth €500 million (see EUROPE B13621A26).

This first payment, which will be followed by two others of €150 million and €100 million respectively over the next two and a half years, was made possible after the signing, at the end of August, of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the European Union and...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
ISRAEL: European Commission proposes partial suspension of trade agreement
INDIA: EU asks New Delhi to cooperate on “all aspects of fight against Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine”
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: European Parliament opens its representative office in Kyiv
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: European Commission unveils amounts per country for minimum CAP envelope of €293.7 billion
SEA: OceanCare delivers a petition calling for an ambitious European Oceans Pact
FISHERIES: 86% of French people support more quotas for small-scale fishers, according to survey by Oceana
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council ready to extend list of substances to be monitored in water if European Parliament agrees extra time and exemptions
CLIMATE: Environment Council – lack of agreement on 2040, Member States will refocus ambition on an indicative emissions reduction range
HEALTH: there is not yet an effective framework for critical shortages of medicines, according to European Court of Auditors
HEALTH: EU authorises medicine to treat post-partum depression
COMPETITIVENESS: simplification – EU Member States continue discussions on new ‘mid-caps’ category
DIGITAL: Henna Virkkunen is concerned about “increased risk of foreign interference” following Spain’s contract with Huawei
TRANSPORT: car industry paves way for new emissions scandal ten years after Dieselgate says T&E
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: digital euro, support for Ukraine and macroeconomic situation on ministerial agenda
ECONOMY: how EU could move from spectator to actor in geopolitical shifts, according to three Bruegel economists
ECONOMY: payment of €250 million in macrofinancial assistance to Jordan
TAXATION: Tobacco Taxation Directive – Swedish snus is not included in revision, unlike nicotine sachets, confirms European Commission
FINANCE: Bruegel think-tank qualifies scale of flight of European savings to United States
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
HOUSING: accessible housing – several Member States have reservations about future reform of state aid and its impact on housing market
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EU Fundamental Rights Agency calls for “urgent” and “targeted” response to growing violence against intersex people
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
DEMOCRACY: Council of Europe launches New Democratic Pact for Europe website
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: EU countries begin preparations for November EU-African Union Summit
AFRICA: EU draws up new map of European-funded projects in field of entrepreneurship
SAUDI ARABIA: EU and Saudi Arabia could soon launch negotiations for strategic partnership
ECONOMY/DEFENCE: Commission receives mandate to negotiate participation of Canada and United Kingdom in military projects supported by SAFE
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 2.0% in August
SOCIAL: European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs will finally be represented in Porto