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Coronavirus: the European Commission mobilizes all available resources
As anticipated in the past few hours, today the European Commission has delivered a new set of proposed measures to counter the Coronavirus emergency. The most significant part concerns the “SURE” Fund to support employment, but there are also other initiatives. Please find below the full text of the press release with all the details.
Coronavirus: hearing of EU Commissioners
Following last week’s meeting with the Coordinators of the ECON Committee to discuss the Coronavirus emergency, it has been decided to begin a series of meetings between the ECON Coordinators and the Presidents of the main European institutions that are engaged in tackling the economic implications of the pandemic. Today we have inaugurated this cycle…
Coronavirus – ECON Committee Statement on economic measures
Below is the text of the statement produced by the ECON Committee that I chair, following an internal debate among the respective coordinators, in which we ask for stronger and braver economic measures at the European level. It is unfortunate that the ECR and ID political groups that list Fretelli d’Italia and Lega Nord among…
Coronavirus: BBC World News Interview
To counter the Coronavirus emergency in the EU member states, we need a common approach. I have discussed this on BBC World News.
Coronavirus: the reply of the European Commission
Today Italy has received the official reply of the European Commission to the letter sent by Finance Minister Gualtieri to Vicepresident Dombrovskis and Commissioner Gentiloni in which he announced the new measures to contrast the Coronavirus emergency and in which he requested to exclude such extraordinary measures from the 2020 deficit objectives. The reply is…
Towards new economic rules for Europe
Discussing and eventually modifying the European economic rules is not a taboo, but it must be done through adequate procedures and tools. A week ago the Commission has published a communication on the matter and this week in Strasbourg we have started the debate: we have before us an extraordinary opportunity to create the conditions…
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