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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12451

21 March 2020
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: European Commission fully opens budget floodgates to deal with COVID-19 pandemic
Brussels, 20/03/2020 (Agence Europe)

On Friday 20 March, the European Commission presented its proposal to use – for the first time in the history of the euro area – the ‘general escape clause’, already provided for in the current Stability and Growth Pact, to reinforce emergency budgetary measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, and this is new, it has never been done before, we are triggering the general escape clause. This means that national governments can inject as much into the economy as they...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE
EXTERNAL ACTION
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
NEWS BRIEFS
CORRIGENDUM
CALENDAR