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Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform mobilises over €15 billion to boost investments in Europe in its first year

Today, the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) celebrates its first year in action for the development and manufacturing of critical technologies in Europe. Over the past year, STEP has pooled the investment firepower of 11 EU programmes, mobilising over €15 billion to support Europe's competitiveness in three strategic sectors: digital technologies and deep-tech innovation, […]

European Commission and EIB group lay foundations for a new pan-European investment platform for affordable and sustainable housing

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group are partnering with Europe's national promotional banks (NPBs) and international financial institutions (IFIs) to develop new financing opportunities for affordable and sustainable housing across Europe. At the EIB Group Forum in Luxembourg today, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen and EIB Group President […]

Commission allocates €99 million in emergency support to farmers in Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia and Hungary

Today, Member States gave a positive opinion to the Commission proposal to mobilise €98,6 million from the agricultural reserve to directly support farmers in Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia and Hungary who have been impacted by exceptional adverse climatic events and natural disasters since spring 2024. The Commission will distribute €68 million to Spain, €16,2 million […]

Commission presents its roadmap for a thriving EU farming and agri-food sector

Today, the Commission is presenting its Vision for Agriculture and Food, an ambitious roadmap on the future of farming and food in Europe. This roadmap sets the stage for an attractive, competitive, resilient, future-oriented and fair agri-food system for current and future generations of farmers and agri-food operators. Simplifying further our policies and increasing the […]

Winners of the 2024 EU translation contest ‘Juvenes Translatores'

The European Commission announces today the 27 winners of its 18th EU translation contest for secondary schools ‘Juvenes Translatores'. 3070 enthusiastic participants tried their hand at translating a text between any two of the EU's 24 official languages. While English features prominently, the 144 language combinations chosen by students from 713 schools in the 27 […]

European Commission sets out the road to the next EU long-term budget

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 to adapt the EU's long-term budget to evolving needs and priorities. […]

EU launches InvestAI initiative to mobilise €200 billion of investment in artificial intelligence

Today, at the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has launched InvestAI, an initiative to mobilise €200 billion for investment in AI, including a new European fund of €20 billion for AI gigafactories. This large AI infrastructure is needed to allow open, collaborative development of the most complex […]

EU invests over €1.2 billion in cross-border infrastructure contributing to build our Energy Union and to boost competitiveness

The Commission will allocate almost €1.25 billion in grants from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to 41 cross-border energy infrastructure projects, which have obtained the status of Projects of Common Interest and Projects of Mutual Interest (PCIs and PMIs) in 2024 under the Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) policy framework. This is the largest call […]

More than €1 billion from the European Defence Fund to develop next generation defence technologies and innovation

Today, the Commission has adopted the fifth annual Work Programme under the European Defence Fund (EDF), allocating over €1 billion to defence collaborative research and development projects. With the 2025 EDF Work Programme, the Commission unlocks significant additional funding to support the development of critical defence technologies and capabilities. The Work Programme allocates around €100 […]

134 researchers supported to turn their science into practice

In the final round of the 2024 European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant competition, 134 projects will receive support, bringing the total number of grants awarded under the 2024 work programme to 245 worth €36.75 million. Each grant is worth €150,000 and helps ERC grantees to bridge the gap between the results of […]

EU4Health programme 2021-2027 – a vision for a healthier European Union

The EU4Health programme was adopted as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to reinforce crisis preparedness in the EU. The pandemic highlighted the fragility of national health systems. The EU4Health programme will bring a contribution to the long-term health challenges by building stronger, more resilient and more accessible health systems. Health is an investment […]

EU will provide €1.9 billion in initial humanitarian aid for 2025

The EU continues to remain a leading global humanitarian aid donor. With more than 300 million people estimated to need humanitarian assistance in 2025, the EU announces today an initial humanitarian budget for 2025 of €1.9 billion.
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