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The UK unveiled an unprecedented £350 billion (€400 billion) financial rescue package to “support jobs, incomes and businesses” on Tuesday (17 March), in a bid to offset the economic damage unleashed by the coronavirus crisis.

Statement by the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli

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Statement by the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP

Belgium declared a lockdown for the entire country over the coronavirus crisis from noon on Wednesday (18 March) until 5 April, following the example of several European countries, including neighbouring France, which took the same decision earlier this week.

Regional Development Committee triggers the urgent procedure to adopt the Corona Response Investment Initiative measures.
Committee on Regional Development

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP

Regional Development Committee triggers the urgent procedure to adopt the Corona Response Investment Initiative measures.
Committee on Regional Development

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP

Following their videoconference on COVID-19, G7 leaders issued a joint statement.

All EU countries have now been offered the option to extend by one month the deadline by which farmers must submit their applications for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments, the European Commission announced on Tuesday (17 March).

The Hungarian authorities are refusing to make public information about the cities or regions where the new cases of COVID-19 have been registered, making it hard to know where in Hungary the disease is spreading. 

UK and EU officials on Tuesday (17 March) cancelled the second round of post-Brexit trade talks planned for this week 

The European Commission prepared a temporary framework to fast-track state aid approval as a response to the coronavirus (COVID-19), last used in the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2008.

EU transport ministers will hold an extraordinary online meeting on Wednesday, the commission said. They will discuss so-called "Green Lanes", a proposal by the commission to put in place fast-track lanes across borders for delivering supplies. As EU member states close their borders amid the outbreak, fears of cutting off supply chains have been on the rise. Air carriers also demanded swift action to help them survive.

The European Commission should consider reshaping the current legislative framework on organ donation and transplantation, according to a leading MEP in the field.   

Transplanting organs is one of the greatest medical achievements but donation remains a challenge for Europe, as 18 patients still die every day waiting for a donor.

Eurogroup’s chief pledged on Monday (16 March) to do “whatever it takes” to fight coronavirus and protect the EU economy from another recession. It’s still early, let’s get there first, but after the crisis is over, citizens should rightly ask...

Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, known as 'GAFAM' in France, say they are protecting the environment, but that's not the point. Partly responsible for the carbon impact of digital technology, these multinationals are mainly trying to minimise damage. EURACTIV's partner La Tribune reports.

Coronavirus could potentially cause approximately 510,000 deaths in the UK and 2.2 million in the US if left unchecked, according to new findings published by Imperial College London's COVID-19 response team on Monday (16 March).

Covid-19 showed how little it means to be European in times of crisis. But it makes one thing clear: the eurosceptic mantra of the 'European Superstate' becoming more ridiculous by the day.

Spain set up police checks at its land borders with France and Portugal on Tuesday (17 March) and turned back foreigners attempting to enter, part of strict measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Europe's second hardest-hit country.