Facing a changing geopolitical and economic environment, we rose to the challenge of delivering a more resilient, competitive, and sustainable #economy.
In Versailles, two weeks after Russia's brutal aggression on Ukraine, #EU leaders vowed to take responsibility for our #security and strengthen sovereignty.
Since then, we have taken action to live up to the call. ↓
We built a stronger economic base on our Single Market:
→ de-risking our economy while ensuring economic openness;
→ addressing labour and #skills shortages;
→ securing critical resources and technologies.
And created a favourable environment for #investments:
→ providing loans and grants to EU countries via the #NextGenerationEU;
→ mobilising private investments via #InvestEU;
→ boosting #EU action via the STEP Platform.
Today, President Von der Leyen visited Slovenia to witness the destruction caused by the floods.
We’ve announced a financial package to help:
🔹 400 million euro from the Solidarity Fund for direct damage.
🔹 Additional #NextGenerationEU loans to make Slovenia more resilient to future natural disasters.
🔹 €3.3 billion euro of cohesion funds that can be reprogrammed and help rebuild.