The Commission 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. President von der Leyen said: “Our measures to contain the Coronavirus […]
COVID-19: Now, we are either a Union or we are nothing
European Economicand Social Committee statement The COVID-19 outbreak has turned into a fast-moving emergency, figures and measures are constantly changing across Europe and the world, affecting all levels of society. Not since the end of the Second World War, has the global community faced such a dramatic crisis. No government in Europe or elsewhere can […]
Spanish Government will mobilize up to 200 billion euros, almost 20% of Spanish GDP, to address the economic and social impact of the coronavirus
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, appeared after the meeting of the Council of Ministers that approved the largest economic resource mobilization in democracy. They will be allocated to the most vulnerable families, workers, companies, and to research for developing a vaccine against COVID-19. El Consejo de Ministros ha aprobado un Real Decreto-ley de medidas […]
Sassoli: Positive measures from Commission. Europe united in face of common challenge of COVID-19
Statement by Parliament President David Sassoli following the announcement by the European Commission of measures to address COVID-19 “Not since the end of the Second World War have we faced such a dramatic crisis. Today the European Union is taking action. We had no doubt that it would. This situation is so serious that no […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Government frees up 18.23 billion euros in a raft of economic measures to mitigate impact of COVID-19
The government has adopted a raft of exceptional economic measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, which will allow up to 18.23 billion euros to be freed up and disbursed during the year. This plan of measures was agreed at the proposal of the Third Vice-President of the Government and Minister for Economic Affairs and […]
ESMA recommends action by financial market participants for COVID-19 impact
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), together with National Competent Authorities (NCAs), is closely monitoring the situation in view of the continuing impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on financial markets in the European Union (EU). Following a Board of Supervisors discussion examining the market situation and contingency measures taken by supervised entities, ESMA is making the […]