The European Commission confirmed today that as of August 20, Greece is exiting the enhanced surveillance regime. Following exchanges with the Greek authorities, including at the Eurogroup meeting on 16 June, the Commission, in its statement, emphasizes that it recognizes that Greece has fulfilled most of the policy commitments it made to the Eurogroup when […]
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The assessment that brings the last tranche of bond earnings
By Tasos Dasopoulos Support measures against precision and permanent interventions for 2023 will also be on the agenda of the first assessment of the economy after the exit of enhanced supervision in the autumn, since the Commission, due to the crisis, wants to closely monitor the spending of countries with high debt such as Hellas. […]
In simple supervision based on the European semester from the 20th of the month Greece
By Tasos Dasopoulos The letter in which they officially declare that they are not going to extend Greece’s enhanced supervision regime after August 20 was made public today by the vice-president of the European Commission, Mr. Valdis Dombrovskis, and the commissioner responsible for economic affairs, Mr. Paolo Gentiloni. With the letter which marks the end […]
September the application for the second tranche of €1.97 billion from the Recovery Fund
By Tasos Dasopoulos Alongside the difficult process of revising “Greece 2.0”, the Ministry of Finance is running to keep up with the timetable for the implementation of milestones and the disbursement of installments, from the total 30 billion euros of the Recovery Fund. After the first tranche of 3.56 billion euros, which was disbursed to […]
Commission – Moderna agreement on new timetables for the delivery of vaccines against the coronavirus
The European Commission and Moderna have reached a new agreement to better address member states’ needs for Covid-19 vaccines for the late summer and winter season. In this way, member states will have access to vaccines, including those adapted to the variants, once they are approved, at the time they are needed for their vaccination […]
Monitoring Commission: ‘The cases should be thoroughly examined by the national authorities’
The European Commission expects member states’ national authorities to thoroughly investigate surveillance cases to restore public confidence, Home Affairs Spokesperson Anita Hipper said today. Specifically, when asked about the surveillance case in Greece, during the Commission’s regular briefing to the press, Mrs. Hipper answered the following: “We are aware of media reports about the use […]
The Commission approved a Greek program of 30 million euros to support companies
The European Commission announced today that it has approved a Greek program of up to 30 million euros to support companies in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The approval of the plan is based on the temporary framework for state aid for the crisis, which was adopted by the Commission on 23 March […]
Commission: Close cooperation with the Greek authorities in the reports on repatriation of migrants
There is continuity in terms of the Commission’s work with the Greek authorities on reports of migrant push-backs and there is a new legislative proposal in this regard to ensure that there is a robust monitoring system built in which also entails monitoring of fundamental rights in the Greek asylum system , said the responsible […]
Commission: The economic climate in the eurozone is much lower than the estimates
Economic sentiment in the eurozone worsened much more than expected, according to data released today. Optimism fell across all sectors and consumer confidence hit a new record low amid the war in Ukraine and inflation. The Commission announced that its economic sentiment index fell to 99 points in July from 103.5 points in June, well […]
Political instability costs Italy – After the bond, worries about the money of the Recovery Fund
The European Commission has sent a clear message to Italy’s political world that the country will not receive funds allocated to it from the European Union’s Recovery Fund if it does not adhere to the reform and investment program agreed last year between the European Union and the Draghi government. “You know the Latin saying […]