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Macro-financial assistance to third countries 2025

Report on the implementation of macro-financial assistance to third countries in 2025.

Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform 2024

2024 Annual Report on the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP)

Commission selects 13 Strategic Projects in third countries to secure access to raw materials and to support local value creation

The Commission adopted the first list of 13 Strategic Projects on strategic raw materials located outside of the EU, including in overseas countries or territories. The Strategic Projects will diversify the EU's sources of supply and increase economic security. At the same time, the projects are designed to boost local value creation in third countries. […]

EU budget set for defence-related boost under new regulation

New targeted amendments to existing EU funding programmes will support faster, more flexible and coordinated investments in Europe's defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB). Under a new Regulation to stimulate defence-related investments within the EU budget proposed today by the Commission, the EU will strengthen its defence Readiness 2030 and to implement the ReArm Europe […]

Commission selects 47 Strategic Projects to secure and diversify access to raw materials in the EU

The Commission has adopted, for the first time, a list of 47 Strategic Projects to boost domestic strategic raw material capacities, which will in turn strengthen the European raw materials value chain and diversify sources of supply. The new Strategic Projects mark an important milestone in the implementation of the Critical Raw Material Act (CRMA), […]

The European Fund for Strategic Investments

Special report 07/2025: The European Fund for Strategic Investments. Contributed substantially to addressing the investment gap, but had not fully reached the € 500 billion target in the real economy by the end of 2022 The European Fund for Strategic Investments aimed to tackle the EU investment gap by mobilising €500 billion of additional investments. […]