Jacques Delors ist tot. Die EU wie wir sie heute kennen verliert ihren Baumeister. Ich hoffe sehr, dass er auch in Deutschland die Würdigung für sein Lebenswerk bekommt, die er verdient - denn auch wir haben ihm sehr, sehr viel zu verdanken.
Unsere letzte EU to go-Folge in diesem Jahr! Und wieder einmal dreht sich alles um das liebe Geld in der EU. Mit @lindnerjs.bsky.socialopen.spotify.com/episode/14P7...
Listen to this episode from EU to go - der Podcast für Europapolitik on Spotify. Einen historischen Moment nannte Charles Michel den EU- Gipfel am 14. und 15. Dezember, als die EU-Staats- und Regieru...
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Listen to this episode from EU to go - der Podcast für Europapolitik on Spotify. Einen historischen Moment nannte Charles Michel den EU- Gipfel am 14. und 15. Dezember, als die EU-Staats- und Regieru...
Die EU hat gestern Beitrittsverhandlungen mit der Ukraine beschlossen. Für @zeitonline.bsky.social@lindnerjs.bsky.socialwww.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...
Ja, die Ukraine ist arm. Ihre Landwirtschaft hätte milliardenschwere Ansprüche auf Subventionen im Fall eines EU-Beitritts. Doch die diskutierten Summen sind übertrieben.
Very useful thread highlighting the money will flow from a "new" pot of funding, not the ones blocked bc of rule-of-law problems. The Commission greenlighted the same to Poland earlier this week www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
10/ It is still worth pointing out that the mechanics above only apply to limited pre-financing under REPowerEU. To unlock rest of the funds, both RRF/REPowerEU and cohesion, RoL conditions must still be fulfilled - and Hungary is already gearing up for negotiations in December.
9/ Back in May 2022, when REPowerEU was proposed but no details were known yet, I thought that it might perhaps raise pressure on MS to comply with RoL milestones so as to be able tap into EU funds to reduce dependency on Russian fossil fuels. This is not the case.
8/ It includes a top-up of €4.6 billion (€0.7 billion in grants and €3.9 billion in loans). With 20% in pre-financing, this means that Hungary can now receive €920 million in two tranches without any further conditions - if Council approves the amended NRRP before year's end.
7/ The new pre-financing can amount to up to 20% of the additional REPowerEU funding requested by MS, paid out in two tranches. Hungary's REPowerEU chapter was endorsed by the Commission yesterday: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
6/ This, for one, opens up the possibility to finance investments under REPowerEU that are not possible under RRF. But in particular, it also opens up again the possibility of receiving pre-financing with no conditions other than approval of the amended NRRP by 31 December 2023.