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EU to build its quantum communications infrastructure

EU to build its quantum communications infrastructure
07/28/2021 - Eric Apim | Industry
EU. All Member States commit to explore, over the next twelve months, how to develop and deploy a quantum communication infrastructure across the EU over the next ten years.
cyber threats, cybersecurity, EU, European Commission, European Quantum communication infrastructure, European quantum communication infrastructure, European Union, EuroQCI, Ireland, Margrethe Vestager, quantum communication, quantum information, Thierry Breton

The European Union launches its roadmap for greening

The European Union launches its roadmap for greening
07/15/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EU. The European Commission adopts a range of proposals "to make the EU's climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies".
Emissions Trading Scheme, energy, energy efficiency, energy saving, energy transition, ETS, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Green Deal, European Parliament, European Union, Frans Timmermans, hydrogen, Kadri Simson, Paolo Gentiloni, renewable energy, Social Climate Fund, Ursula von der Leyen, WTO

The European Commission endorses French recovery and resilience plan

The European Commission endorses French recovery and resilience plan
06/24/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
FRANCE. The European Commission has adopted France's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) which will receive €39.4bn in loans and grants.
Covid-19, European Commission, France, National Recovery and Resilience Plan, NextGenerationEU, NRRP, Paolo Gentiloni, Paris, Valdis Dombrovskis

European Commission approves Italy's recovery plan

European Commission approves Italy's recovery plan
06/23/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
ITALY. After Portugal, Spain and Greece, the European Commission approves Italy's recovery and resilience plan and will finance €191.5bn of a total €222.1bn investment package.
Covid-19, economy Italy, European Commission, Italy, Mario Draghi, NextGenerationEU, Paolo Gentiloni, recovery, Recovery and Resilience Facility, resilience, Roma, RRF, Ursula von der Leyen

European Commission approves recovery plans for Portugal, Spain and Greece

European Commission approves recovery plans for Portugal, Spain and Greece
06/17/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EU. Measures against climate change are at the heart of the three recovery and resilience plans for Portugal, Spain and Greece, validated by the European Commission.
climate transition, Covid-19, digital transition, European Commission, FRR, Greece, NextGenerationEU, Paolo Gentiloni, Portugal, Recovery and Resilience Facility, recovery and resilience plans, Spain, Ursula von der Leyen, Valdis Dombrovskis

European Commission takes France and Italy to court over poor water quality

European Commission takes France and Italy to court over poor water quality
06/10/2021 - Eric Apim | Environment
EU. France for its untreated wastewater in a hundred agglomerations and Italy for its unsafe drinking water in six areas of the country will have to explain themselves to the European Court of Justice.
Bagnoregio, Civitella d'Agliano, environment, European Commission, Fabrica di Roma, Farnese, France, Italy, Ronciglione, Tuscania, urban planning, wastewater, water

European Council endorses the use of a common debt issue

European Council endorses the use of a common debt issue
06/01/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
E.U.. The European Commission will be able to launch the process of issuing a common debt on the own resources of the twenty-seven Member States. A first.
António Costa, Covid-19, European Commission, European Council, European Union (EU), France, Italy, Next Generation EU, NextGenerationEU, pandemic, Portugal, Spain

Covid-19: EU releases an additional €286.5 million for France, Malta and Slovenia

Covid-19: EU releases an additional €286.5 million for France, Malta and Slovenia
05/26/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
FRANCE / MALTA / SLOVENIA. To combat the social and economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, the European Commission has approved the modification of five operational programmes in three Mediterranean countries for an amount of €286.5 million.
coronavirus crisis, Covid-19, EDF, employment, European Commission, European Fund to Assist the Most Deprived, European funds, European Social Fund ESF, European Union (EU), France, Malta, NextGenerationEU, REACT-EU, Slovenia, unemployment

Covid-19 vaccine as a new passport to boost tourism in the European Union

Covid-19 vaccine as a new passport to boost tourism in the European Union
05/20/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EUROPEAN UNION. The twenty-seven member states of the European Union have reached an agreement to allow entry into the EU for travelers from third countries who have received the necessary doses of Covid vaccines.
AstraZeneca, Australia, China, Covid-19, European certificate Covid-19, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union (EU), health passport, Israel, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, New Zealand, Pfizer-BioNTech, Rwanda, Singapore, Thailand, tourism, vaccine

EU Member States commit to a more inclusive and social Europe

EU Member States commit to a more inclusive and social Europe
05/10/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EU. At the Social Summit in Porto, all 27 EU Member States committed themselves to achieving the objectives set out by the European Commission in the European Social Rights Action Plan.
António Costa, Covid-19, employment, European Commission, European Union (EU), Porto, Portugal, social and solidarity economy, social rights, training, Ursula von der Leyen

Portugal, first Member State to present its recovery plan to the European Commission

Portugal, first Member State to present its recovery plan to the European Commission
04/22/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
PORTUGAL. Lisbon is the first capital of the European Union to officially present its recovery and resilience plan (RRP) to the European Commission, which must validate it.
António Costa, Brussels, Ecofin, Elysée, Emmanuel Macron, European Commission, European Recovery Plan, European Union (EU), France, FTJ, green economy, Horizon Europe, InvestEU, Italy, Lisbon, Madrid, Mariana Viera da Silva, Mario Draghi, NextGenerationEU, Paris, Pedro Sánchez, ReactEU, rescUE, resilience, RRP, Spain, Ursula von der Leyen

European Commission accepts €4bn recapitalisation of Air France

European Commission accepts €4bn recapitalisation of Air France
04/06/2021 - Eric Apim | Transport
FRANCE. The European Commission has accepted the French government's plan to recapitalise Air France as part of its temporary framework for state aid during the Covid-19 period.
Air France, Air France-KLM, air transport, Bruno Le Maire, European Commission, France, Margrethe Vestager, Orly, Paris, transport

The European Commission proposes 530 M€ for emergency measures against Covid-19

The European Commission proposes 530 M€ for emergency measures against Covid-19
03/11/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EU. EU. The European Commission is proposing to release an envelope of nearly 530 M€ to support emergency measures against the coronavirus. Three Mediterranean countries in the process of accession will be able to benefit from it.
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Albania, Austria, Belgium, coronavirus crisis, Covid-19, Croatia, Czech Republic, Elisa Ferreira, Estonia, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, European Union (EU), European Union Solidarity Fund, EUSF, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, pandemic, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain

France is the world leader in anti-competitive repression, with €1.8 billion in fines in 2020

France is the world leader in anti-competitive repression, with €1.8 billion in fines in 2020
02/23/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
FRANCE. According to the "Global antitrust enforcement" report published by Allen & Overy, France imposed nearly €1.8 billion in financial sanctions on companies found guilty of anti-competitive measures in 2020.
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Allen & Overy, anticompetitive measures, Apple, cartel, China, competition, Europe, European Commission, European Union (EU), Forex, France, Gafa, Global antitrust enforcement, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

European Commission strengthens synergies between civil, space and defense industries

European Commission strengthens synergies between civil, space and defense industries
02/22/2021 - Eric Apim | Industry
EU. intends to better respond to geopolitical competition and strengthen its technological sovereignty by launching a plan to foster interaction between the civil, space and defense industries. version française
artificial intelligence, defence industry, EIB European Investment Bank, European Commission, European Defence, European Union (EU), industry, Margrethe Westager, ORT, quantum intelligence, spin in, spin off

The EU adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean with €7 billion

The EU adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean with €7 billion
02/09/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Six years after the last revision of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership launched in 1995 in Barcelona, the European Commission adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean, with a Southern Neighbourhood Instrument endowed with €7 billion over six years.
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Algeria, Barcelona, Brussels, Development Cooperation and International Cooperation, Egypt, European Commission, European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), European Union (EU), Israel, IVCDCI, Jordan, Josep Borrel, Lebanon, Libya, Mediterranean, Morocco, New Agenda for the Mediterranean, Olivér Várhelyi, Palestine, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC), Syria, Tunisia

Mario Draghi dons the costume of Italy's saviour

Mario Draghi dons the costume of Italy's saviour
02/04/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
ITALY. Italian President Sergio Mattarella has asked Mario Draghi, former President of the European Central Bank, to form the new Italian government.
Bank of Italy, Christine Lagarde, ECB, European Central Bank, European Commission, Giuseppe Conte, Goldman Sachs, Greece, Italy, Mario Draghi, Matteo Renzi, politics, Roberto Gualtieri, Rome, Sergie Matterella, social bonds, SURE

Nine Member States receive €14bn loans to overcome their Covid-19 spending

Nine Member States receive €14bn loans to overcome their Covid-19 spending
02/02/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EU. The European Commission has disbursed loans totalling €14 billion to nine Member States.
Belgium, coronavirus crisis, Covid-19, Croatia, Cyprus, European Commission, European funds, European Union (EU), finance, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Johannes Hahn, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Paolo Gentiloni, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, social and solidarity economy, social obligations, Spain, SURE, Ursula von der Leyen

14 bn extra funding to help European countries in their recovery

14 bn extra funding to help European countries in their recovery
01/27/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EU. The European Commission has issued €14bn worth of social bonds under the SURE instrument developed by the European Union to help eighteen Member States protect jobs and employees from the consequences of the health crisis.
coronavirus crisis, Croatia, Cyprus, European Commission, European Union (EU), Greece, Italy, Johannes Hahn, Malta, NextGenerationEU, Portugal, Slovenia, social obligations, Spain, SURE, unemployment

Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to soften his relations with France and the European Union

Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to soften his relations with France and the European Union
01/12/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
TURKEY / EU. Turkish president wants to "put back on track" relations between his country and the European Union.
Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Emmanuel Macron, European Commission, European Union (EU), France, Greece Aegean Sea, Mediterranean, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, relations between Turkey and the EU, Turkey, Ursula von der Leyen

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