This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. * The European Commission has today raised €9 billion of EU-Bonds in its 3rd syndicated transaction for 2025. The single-tranche transaction concerned a new €9 billion EU-Bond maturing on 12 December 2035. The 10-year bond was priced 99.674% with a re-offer yield of 3.413%. Bids received […]European Commission issues €9 billion in its 3rd syndicated transaction of 2025 *
March 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. * The European Commission has today raised €9 billion of EU-Bonds in its 3rd syndicated transaction for 2025. The single-tranche transaction concerned a new €9 billion EU-Bond maturing on 12 December 2035. The 10-year bond was priced 99.674% with a re-offer yield of 3.413%. Bids received […]Commission simplifies rules on sustainability and EU investments, delivering over €6 billion in administrative relief
February 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has adopted a new package of proposals to simplify EU rules, boost competitiveness, and unlock additional investment capacity. This is a major step forward in creating a more favourable business environment to help EU companies grow, innovate, and create quality jobs. […]Commission strengthens further the European Union’s financial risk management framework
February 26, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Commission strengthens further the European Union’s financial risk management frameworkMPs and MEPs meet to discuss economic, budgetary, and social concerns
February 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The annual European Parliamentary Week will take place on Monday and Tuesday, bringing MEPs together with MPs from member states and EU candidate countries. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will open the event on Monday at 14.30, together with the Marshals of Poland’s Sejm […]€1.18 billion and €128 million payments to the Netherlands and Denmark move forward under NextGenerationEU with Commission’s positive preliminary assessments
February 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission issued positive preliminary assessments of the Netherlands’ payment request for €1.18 billion and Denmark’s payment request for €128 million under NextGenerationEU, the centrepiece of Europe’s recovery efforts to build a greener, more digital and competitive Union. The Commission preliminarily concluded that the Netherlands […]MEPs ask the ECB to assess the impact of global conflicts on price stability
February 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Plenary adopted recommendations to the European Central Bank on Tuesday, following a debate on its priorities and activities with President Christine Lagarde on Monday. With 378 votes in favour, 233 against and 26 abstentions, MEPs say they want the ECB to do more to […]Shaping the future of the EU together: the Commission sets out the road to the next EU long-term budget
February 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission published a Communication on ‘The Road to the next Multiannual Financial Framework’. It outlines the key policy and budgetary challenges that will shape the design of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). This lays the groundwork for reflections on how […]European Commission issues €11 billion in its 2nd syndicated transaction of 2025
February 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has yesterday raised €11 billion of EU-Bonds in its 2nd syndicated transaction for 2025, of which €5 billion in the form of NextGenerationEU Green Bonds. The dual-tranche transaction concerned a €6 billion tap of the EU-Bond maturing on 4 December 2031, […]€76.9 million payment to Cyprus moves forward under NextGenerationEU with Commission’s positive preliminary assessment
February 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission issued a positive preliminary assessment of Cyprus’s third payment request for €76.9 million under NextGenerationEU, the centrepiece of Europe’s recovery efforts to build a greener, more digital, and competitive Union. The Commission’s preliminary assessment finds that Cyprus has fulfilled the milestones and targets […]Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report highlights challenges and opportunities to EU competitiveness
January 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission is publishing the 2025 Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report analysing the strengths and weaknesses of the EU economy. It provides the analytical context for the Competitiveness Compass? an action plan that will reignite economic dynamism in Europe. The report […]Commission calls on Member States to review outbound investments and assess risks to economic security
January 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission has today published a Recommendation calling on EU Member States to review outbound investments of their companies into non-EU countries. The Recommendation applies to three technology areas of strategic importance as well as the highest risk – semiconductors, artificial intelligence and quantum […]European Commission to issue €90 billion in long-term EU-Bonds in the first half of 2025
December 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission intends to issue up to €90 billion of EU Bonds in the first half of 2025 (H1), from January to June 2025. The Commission’s funding plan for H1 2025 continues the 2024 issuance programme, during which the EU raised €138 billion in […]European Commission issues €7 billion in its 10th syndicated transaction of 2024
November 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today raised €7 billion of EU Bonds in its 10th syndicated transaction for 2024, €3 billion of which in the form of NextGenerationEU (NGEU) Green Bonds. The dual-tranche transaction concerned a €4 billion tap of the EU Bond maturing on […]EU budget for 2025 to focus on research, health, education, and climate action
October 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Parliament demands an EU budget for 2025 that focuses on improving people’s lives, boosting competitiveness, and addressing current challenges. MEPs set the overall level of commitment appropriations for the 2025 draft budget at almost €201 billion, €1.24 billion more than the Commission’s proposal from […]Commission endorses preliminary assessment of Romania’s third payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility
October 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of the six targets and 62 out of 68 milestones linked to Romania’s third payment request for €2 billion (net of pre-financing) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. The third payment request […]Investing in sustainable economic growth and solidarity and safeguarding EU financial interests through our 2023 budget
October 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the European Court of Auditor (ECA)’s extensive work on its Annual Report on the 2023 EU budget published today and takes note of the ECA’s valuable insights as regards the regularity of the EU budget implementation. Main achievements of the EU […]Remarks of Commissioner Gentiloni at the Eurogroup press conference
October 8, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Thank you, Paschal. Let me start with a few words on the euro area economy. Gradual, moderate expansion is continuing. GDP grew by 0.5% in the first half of the year. Labour markets remain historically strong. Inflation has just fallen below the ECB’s target […]EU finance ministers welcome proposals for new EIB Group initiatives to deepen Europe’s capital markets, channel savings into productive investments and boost competitiveness
October 8, 2024 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. European Union Finance ministers have welcomed an Action Plan to be deployed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, to support the development of the Capital Markets Union. The Plan includes measures to untap private savings and channel them into productive investment, to boost innovation, competitiveness, […]Halfway through its lifetime, InvestEU is already playing a key role by unlocking €218 billion in investment towards a more sustainable and competitive EU
October 2, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission presented the interim evaluation of InvestEU, the EU flagship investment programme designed to facilitate better access to finance for companies across Europe in support of common priorities. It notably finds that, halfway through its lifetime, InvestEU has already unlocked €218 billion […]Commission approves €1 billion Portuguese State aid scheme to support investments in strategic sectors necessary to foster the transition to a net-zero economy
September 30, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved a €1 billion Portuguese scheme to support investments for the production of equipment necessary to foster the transition towards a net-zero economy, in line with the Green Deal Industrial Plan. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis […]How to Awaken Europe’s Private Sector and Boost Economic Growth
September 23, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with IMF. Diego Cerdeiro, Gee Hee Hong, Alfred Kammer In the European Union, income per person, one of the main gauges of living standards, is on average one-third less than in the United States, mostly because of lower productivity—as emphasized by Mario Draghi’s Sept. 9 competitiveness report for the European […]Commission endorses preliminary assessment of Slovenia’s third payment request for €257.6 million under the Recovery and Resilience Facility
September 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Slovenia’s third payment request for €257.6 million (net of pre-financing) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. Following its assessment of the payment request, submitted by Slovenia on 28 June 2024, […]European Commission issues €10 billion in its 8th syndicated transaction of 2024
September 11, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today raised €10 billion of EU-Bonds in its 8th syndicated transaction for 2024, €5 billion of which in the form of NextGenerationEU (NGEU) Green Bonds. The dual-tranche transaction concerned a new €5 billion bond due on 4 December 2031, and […]EIB advocates for more investment and green financing at Poland’s leading economic conference
September 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. European Investment Bank delegation led by Vice-President Teresa Czerwińska participated in the Economic Forum, Poland’s leading economic conference that took place in the south-western town of Karpacz on Sept.3-5. For the second year running, the EIB contributed to a respected economic report authored by Poland’s top […]Commission endorses preliminary assessment of Greece’s fourth payment request for €998.6 million in grants under the Recovery and Resilience Facility
September 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Greece’s fourth payment request for €998.6 million (net of pre-financing) in grants, following the disbursement of Greece’s fourth payment request of loans on 23 July 2024, under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece […]Poland: EIB extends loan worth more than €230 million to PGE to modernise Polish railway’s power system
July 30, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), Poland’s top utility, received a PLN 1 billion loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to upgrade power systems for the country’s railway network. The 18-year credit marks the EIB’s sixth contract with the group, which currently benefits from credit lines at […]Spain: EIB and the Regional Government of Galicia sign €300 million loan agreement to finance investments in education, innovation, energy transition, social services, and digitalisation
July 22, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a loan for €300 million for the Regional Government of Galicia in Spain (Xunta de Galicia) to co-finance investments in education, sustainability, the energy transition, social services, and digitalisation in the region. The credit is the first tranche of a […]EIB: New agreement signed to provide additional €2 billion to back the reconstruction of areas hit by central Italian earthquake
July 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is further bolstering its commitment to back reconstruction and safety work in the central Italian regions hit by the 2016 and 2017 earthquakes, announcing the approval of a new €2 billion financing package. The project agreement – guaranteeing that these additional funds […]EBRD Issues EUR 1 billion 7-year Green Bond
July 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. Bond details: Amount: USD 1 billion Settlement date: 17 July 2024 Coupon: 2.875% annual, Act/ac Maturity date: 17th July 2031 Issue price: 99.856 % Re-offer Spread vs Mid Swaps: +12 bps Re-offer Spread to Benchmark: +47.5 bps Listing: London Stock Exchange’s Regulated Market & Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX) Use […]European Commission issues €9 billion in its 7th syndicated transaction of 2024
July 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today raised €9 billion of EU-Bonds in its 7th syndicated transaction for 2024. The dual-tranche transaction concerned a new €5 billion bond due on 5 October 2029, and a €4 billion tap of the EU-Bond maturing on 5 October 2054. […]Bad debts remain stable in emerging Europe despite macro-financial pressure
July 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. Bad debts remain stable in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) European markets, despite external pressure from macroeconomic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions over the past year, according to the new edition of the NPL Monitor, published today. The latest data suggest that the non-performing loan (NPL) […]Austria: voestalpine to receive €300 million EIB loan for research and development of green steel production
July 1, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a loan of €300 million to voestalpine AG, Europe’s third largest steelmaker. The financing will be used for the company’s research and development (R&D) programme over a period of four years, with the goal to optimise manufacturing processes, increase […]Convergence Report reviews Member States’ progress towards joining the euro area
June 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has published the 2024 Convergence Report in which it provides its assessment of the progress non-euro area Member States have made towards adopting the euro. The report covers the six non-euro area Member States that are legally committed to adopting […]
