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Einrichtung der Fazilität für die Ukraine: Finanzierung der Erholung der Ukraine und ihres Weges zum EU-Beitritt
Mit der Ukraine-Fazilität soll die Ukraine, ihre Erholung und ihr Weg zum EU-Beitritt mit bis zu 50 Mrd. EUR für den Zeitraum von 2024 bis 2027 unterstützt werden. Aufgaben der Fazilität: direkte finanzielle Unterstützung der Ukraine in Form von Zuschüssen und Darlehen („Säule I“), Mobilisierung privater Investitionen in der Ukraine durch die Bereitstellung von Garantien und Mischfinanzierungen („Säule II“) und Finanzhilfen und Programme zum Aufbau von Kapazitäten auf zentraler, regionaler und kommunaler ...
Einrichtung der Fazilität für die Ukraine
Mit der Fazilität für die Ukraine sollen die Ukraine, ihr Wiederaufbau und ihr Weg zum Beitritt zur Union im Zeitraum 2024 bis 2027 mit Darlehen und Zuschüssen in Höhe von bis zu 50 Mrd. EUR unterstützt werden. Am 6. Februar 2024 erzielten das Europäische Parlament und der Rat im Anschluss an die Einigung im Europäischen Rat über die Überarbeitung des mehrjährigen Finanzrahmens (MFR) der Union eine politische Einigung über die Einrichtung der Fazilität für die Ukraine. Aus dem MFR sollen mit Blick ...
Jahresbericht über die Umsetzung der Gemeinsamen Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik, 2023
Auf der zweiten Plenartagung im Februar wird das Europäische Parlament über seinen Jahresbericht 2023 über die Umsetzung der Gemeinsamen Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik (GSVP) abstimmen. Der diesjährige Bericht spiegelt bahnbrechende Entwicklungen in der EU-Verteidigung seit 2022 wider. Die Schwerpunkte liegen unter anderem auf dem Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine und der Reaktion der EU darauf, auf der Lage im Nahen Osten, auf der Umsetzung des Strategischen Kompasses und auf den Verteidigungsinitiativen ...
European Peace Facility: Continued EU military assistance to Ukraine
Almost two years since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, EU military assistance under the European Peace Facility (EPF) is lagging. The special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 invited the Council to agree by early March 2024 to amend the regulation establishing the EPF, in order to increase its financial ceiling.
Latin America outlook: Issues to watch in 2024
This year's EPRS outlook for Latin America focuses on key developments in the region, a partner of significant importance for the European Union (EU). As part of its efforts to foster alliances around the globe, the EU has been striving since 2022 to revive relations with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and 2023 was crucial for EU relations with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). The leaders' summit that took place in Brussels on 17-18 July 2023 under the Spanish ...
Resettlement of refugees: EU framework
On 13 July 2016, as part of the reform of the common European asylum system and the long-term policy on better migration management, the European Commission presented a proposal to provide for a permanent framework with standard common procedures for resettlement across the EU, to complement current national and multilateral resettlement initiatives. Resettlement is a tool to help displaced persons in need of protection reach Europe safely and legally, and receive protection for as long as necessary ...
EU pact on migration and asylum: State of play
In 2016, with unprecedented numbers of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers arriving in the EU, the European Commission proposed a package of reforms to the common European asylum system (CEAS). In June 2018, a broad provisional agreement was reached between the European Parliament and the presidency of the Council of the EU on several of the reform proposals. However, the agreement did not get the necessary support from the Member States. The reform stalled owing to persistent disagreements among ...
Cyber solidarity act
Russia's war against Ukraine has revealed the extent of our dependency on digital technology and the fragility of the digital space. It has triggered a surge in cyberattacks that have been particularly disruptive when targeting critical infrastructure – such as energy, health or finance – because of the increasing reliance on information technology, rendering this infrastructure all the more vulnerable. Against this backdrop, the Commission has proposed a regulation on a cyber solidarity act that ...
International Agreements in Progress: Economic Partnership Agreement with Kenya (East African Community)
On 18 December 2023, the EU and Kenya signed an economic partnership agreement (EPA). The European Parliament has to give its consent for it to enter fully into force. The EU Kenya EPA will immediately provide duty-free, quota-free EU market access to all exports from Kenya, combined with a partial and gradual opening of the Kenyan market to imports from the EU. The text of the agreement includes binding provisions on trade and sustainable development, and a transparent dispute resolution mechanism ...
Energy Community: Creating an integrated pan-European energy market
The Energy Community is an international organisation facilitating energy cooperation; it brings together the EU and neighbouring countries. Established by the Treaty establishing the Energy Community, signed in 2005 in Athens, Greece, it has been in force since 2006. The treaty's validity has been extended twice, most recently until 2036. The signatories to the treaty are the EU and nine contracting parties: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, ...