The Commission has presented guidelines to Member States on health-related border management measures in the context of the COVID-19 emergency. The aim is to protect citizens’ health, ensure the right treatment of people who do have to travel, and make sure essential goods and services remain available. Commissioners Kyriakides and Johansson have presented the guidelines […]
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The Ministry of Home Affairs establishes the criteria for the action of the Security Forces and Corps within the framework of the alarm state Royal Decree
The order issued by Grande-Marlaska makes the capabilities of all the police forces available to professionals and health workers It also provides measures for ensuring the provision or distribution of essential services and products for citizens and for the movement control. The Minister of Home Affairs, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has issued an order setting out the […]
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Information on COVID-19 for specific groups and campaign #EsteVirusLoParamosUnidos to encourage social distancing
The COVID-19 pandemic is evolving fast. Community transmission is currently ongoing throughout several countries in Europe and is expected to expand quickly in other countries in the coming days. Covid-19 in risk groups According to the current evidence, a severe form of the illness is more common among specific risk groups: the elderly and those […]
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Commission moves to ensure supply of personal protective equipment in the European Union
In its continuing efforts to protect citizens and to coordinate the response to COVID-19, the Commission has taken immediate steps to protect the availability of supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE), by requiring that exports of such equipment outside of the European Union are subject to an export authorisation by Member State. What is a […]
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Member States must cut emissions across all sectors to achieve EU climate targets by 2030
Emission cuts in the European Union’s (EU) Effort Sharing sectors need to accelerate considerably from 2018 onwards to achieve the current EU 2030 targets, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing. In particular, the large amount of emission reductions from planned measures in the transport sector need to materialise through concrete actions. The EEA […]
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Monetary policy decisions
The Governing Council decided on a comprehensive package of monetary policy measures: Longer-term refinancing operations Additional longer-term refinancing operations (LTROs) will be conducted, temporarily, to provide immediate liquidity support to the euro area financial system. Although the Governing Council does not see material signs of strains in money markets or liquidity shortages in the banking […]
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The Government declares today the coronavirus state of alert
The Government makes use of this mechanism, provided for in article 116 of the Constitution, in order to guarantee the protection of citizens’ health, the containment of disease and the reinforcement of the public health system. “We put people’s health at the center of our priorities” said the President in his appearance before the media […]
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Coronavirus: Measures introduced for Commission staff
Since the very beginning of the crisis, the European Commission has designed and implemented a set of measures to protect its staff in view of the evolving developments in the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Commission’s approach in the management of this crisis has been to take all possible precautionary measures based on facts […]
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European Innovation Council pilot: €344 million to 107 visionary ideas of start-ups, SMEs and researchers
The European Commission announces today the latest results of the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot. Over 100 game-changing ideas from across Europe are on track to receive EIC support totalling €344 million. Funded by Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation programme, the selected proposals include the Radical project, which is revolutionising local and global […]
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