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Sweden's national recovery and resilience plan (NRRP) is financed under the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The NRRP's total volume is €3 445.7 million, financed entirely through EU grants. This amount reflects the downward revision of the national RRF envelope in June 2022, and includes €198 million in additional grants under the REPowerEU chapter, as well as a €66 million transfer from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve. The plan represents 0.4 % of the RRF and 0.7 % of the country's gross ...

Croatia's national recovery and resilience plan (NRRP) is an ambitious outline of reforms and investment designed to mitigate the pandemic's socioeconomic fallout and to address the consequences of the two devastating earthquakes of 2020. Following the December 2023 amendment of the Croatian NRRP, to which a REPowerEU chapter was added, the plan's worth reached €10 040.7 million (or 18.5 % of national gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019). The amended plan comes with a grant allocation of €5 779.4 ...

This document is a briefing that examines the budgetary and control aspects of the National and Regional Partnership Plan (NRPP) proposal, which forms part of the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework package. It outlines the main concerns raised about the proposal, including weak impact assessment evidence, overlaps between the new horizontal conditions and existing regulations, the limited role of Parliament in the governance of the EU Facility, and accountability risks linked to the use of ...

Under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the EU response to the COVID-19 crisis, Bulgaria is set to receive €6 174.1 million in grants, including €479.3 million under REPowerEU and €6 million from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve. Any additional financing must be covered by national or private co-funding. Bulgaria's national recovery and resilience plan (NRRP) corresponds to 10.1 % of its 2019 gross domestic product (GDP) (the RRF amounts to 5.2 % of EU-27 2019 GDP), the eighth-highest share ...

This infographic provides insight into the economic performance of China compared with the European Union (EU) and examines the trade dynamics between them. In 2024, China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate was recorded at 5%, while the EU experienced a growth rate of 1.1%. Chinese inflation rates remain stable at 0.2%. The exchange rate of the renminbi-yuan continues to rise, reaching 7.8 units per euro in 2024. Trade in goods and services between the EU and China has remained relatively ...

The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is a financial instrument that mainly supports the implementation of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and serves as the key EU tool for promoting interconnectivity and interoperability of national transport networks. In addition to its transport pillar, CEF also covers the energy and digital sectors, supporting cross-border energy infrastructure and digital backbone projects. CEF provides support mainly through grants, but also through innovative instruments ...

This paper analyses the ECB’s treatment of sovereign debt in its collateral framework and market stabilisation instruments. The ECB’s treatment of sovereign debt sits at the core of Europe’s financial stability, yet its legal mandate leaves the central bank with wide discretion. This paper analyses the political stakes and design choices in the ECB’s sovereign debt policies and how the European Parliament can respond. The European Parliament can enhance the democratic legitimacy of the ECB’s approach ...

Slovakia is set to receive €6 408.5 million, solely in grants, to implement its national recovery and resilience plan (NRRP), representing 6.8 % of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019. That grant allocation includes the revised Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) grant allocation (€6 005.8 million), REPowerEU grants (€366.4 million), and a transfer of the country's remaining share from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (€36.3 million). On 8 May 2025, the European Commission adopted ...

In its latest report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the temporary recovery instrument that the EU launched in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, the European Commission acknowledges that substantial progress has been made over the past year. At the same time, it stresses that faster implementation in the remainder of 2025 and throughout 2026 is crucial to reap the RRF's full benefits. Member States are recommended to streamline their national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs ...

During the October II plenary session, Parliament is expected to amend the Council's position on the draft EU budget for 2026. The Committee on Budgets (BUDG) voted to reverse all reductions that the Council has applied to the Commission's draft, and proposes targeted increases in the 2026 budget for Parliament's priorities. It proposes to finance the borrowing costs for the EU Recovery Instrument/Next Generation EU (NGEU) without cutting into expenditure on flagship programmes.