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EU Response to 2019 Coronavirus

The eMap-Coronavirus2019

EUROPEAN COUNCIL - COUNCIL OF THE EU

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With the outbreak of the epidemic caused by the new coronavirus, the EU has gradually made a series of decisions in all areas of its competence and which can support member countries and the world community in their battle to defeat the new virus and to provide valid remedies for the consequences in the health, social and economic fields.

This neural interactive eMap offers a complete and updated mapping of all the actions and decisions taken by the European Council (during the Summit of the Heads of States and Government) and the Council of the EU in response to COVID-19.
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EU COUNCIL

1 - EUROPEAN SUMMITS

19 June 2020

EU leaders discuss long-term EU budget and recovery plan to get out of the crisis

  • Video conference of the members of the European Council, 19/06/2020

23 April 2020

European Council members hold third video conference on COVID-19

  • A Roadmap for Recovery
  • Invitation Letter to Heads of State and governments
  • CONCLUSIONS

26 March 2020

European Council members hold third video conference on COVID-19

  • JOINT STATEMENT
  • MAIN RESULTS
  • PRESS CONFERENCE by Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen & STATEMENT by Mario Centeno

17 March 2020

European Council members hold second video conference on COVID-19

  • CONCLUSIONS
  • VIDEO PRESS CONFERENCE

10 March 2020

President of the European Council holds video conference with European Council members

  • CONCLUSIONS
  • VIDEO

27 May 2020

European Council to discuss Commission’s proposal for MFF and recovery fund on 19 June

  • Charles Michel on the recovery fund (press release, 27 May 2020)

2 - MINISTERIAL MEETINGS

AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES MINISTERS

  • 14 APRIL 2020
    Approved financial assistance for EU fishermen

    • Decisions:
      • inclusion of fishermen on foot (mostly women) as eligible for support in case of temporary cessation
      • derogation for temporary cessation for new vessels
      • flexibility in order to use 10% of the budgetary funds allocated to Union Priority 3
      • granting working capital and compensating the reduction of sales and additional storage costs for aquaculture farmers
  • 25 March 2020
    Agriculture and fisheries ministers discuss how to counter negative impact of COVID-19

    • OUTCOME

COHESION MINISTERS

  • 27 March 2020
    Conference of cohesion policy ministers

    • PRESS RELEASE

COMPETITIVENESS MINISTERS

  • 27 February 2020
    Competitiveness ministers look at impact of COVID-19 on EU industry

    • CONCLUSION
      No specific conclusions on COVID-19

    • Commission’s Note to the Council on COVID-19

      The Commission shared with the Council its first assessment of the potential impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on EU industry. The Commission drew member states' attention to the importance of sharing all critical information and coordinating any measures taken at EU level.

COREPER

  • 14 April 2020
    Council adopts amended EU budget for 2020 for Fisheries

    • PRESS RELEASE
    • Regulation
    • Decisions:
      • Commitments have been increased overall by €3.57 billion and amount to €172.2 billion. Payments have been increased by €1.6 billion, reaching a total of €155.2 billion.
  • 14 April 2020
    Additional €3.1 billion available to tackle COVID-19 crisis

    • PRESS RELEASE
    • Decision
      The additional budget will be used to:
      • purchase and distribute medical supplies, including protective gear and ventilators
      • boost the production of testing kits
      • build field hospitals
      • transfer patients for treatment in other member states
      • repatriate EU citizens stranded abroad
  • 8 April 2020
    Go-ahead to further use of cohesion resources

    • PRESS RELEASE
    • Decision
      Member states will be able to transfer money between different funds to meet their particular requirements. For example, money earmarked for an infrastructure project could be used to buy medical ventilators, support SMEs or invest in short-term employment schemes.
  • 30 March 2020
    EU adopts slot waiver to help airlines

    • PRESS RELEASE

    • Slots (background information)

    • COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak (background information)

    • Decisions
      Suspension until 24 October 2020 the airport slot requirement

    • Regulation 95/93 on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports

    • Regulation amending the regulation on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports - full text

  • 30 MARCH 2020
    Measures for immediate release of cohesion funds

    • PRESS RELEASE
    • Regulation extending the scope of the EU Solidarity Fund
    • Regulation concerning the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative
    • Decisions
      . Release funding of €37 billion of cohesion money from the EU budget for tackling the COVID-19 crisis
      . Of the total, about €8 billion will come from unspent pre-financing in 2019 under the structural funds.
      . Another €29 billion will be disbursed early from allocations which would have been due later this year.
  • 18 March 2020
    EU Ambassadors give go-ahead to support from EU budget

    • PRESSE RELEASE
      • Proposal for a regulation concerning the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative
      • Proposal for a regulation extending the scope of the EU Solidarity Fund

CULTURE MINISTERS

  • 19 May 2020
    Culture ministers discuss support to audiovisual, cultural and creative sector in the context of the EU economic recovery

    • Video conference of culture ministers, 19 May 2020

DEFENCE MINISTERS

  • 12 May 2020
    EU ministers discuss security and defence implications of COVID-19 pandemic

    • Video conference of defence ministers, 12 May 2020
  • 6 April 2020
    Discussion on support to COVID-19 crisis response and implications on military operations

    • Decisions
      • Explore setting up a task force led by the EU Military Staff to better exchange information
      • Share best practices among EU member states
      • Full coordination and complementarity with NATO
      • Monitor impact of the Covid-19 on the 17 EU CSDP missions and operations around the world, focusing on the six military operations and missions

DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS

  • 8 April 2020
    Development ministers agree to launch €20 billion global response package

    • Video Conference

EDUCATION & SPORT MINISTERS

  • 17 June 2020
    Council conclusions: Countering the COVID-19 crisis in education and training

    • Countering the COVID-19 crisis in education and training: Council adopts conclusions (press release, 17 June 2020)
  • 2 June 2020
    Sport ministers discuss how to restart sport activities safely

    • Video conference of sport ministers, 2 June 2020
  • 18 May 2020
    Education ministers discuss national approaches on reopening of school and continuation of learning mobility

    • Video conference of ministers of education, 18 May 2020
  • 14 April 2020
    How to best support learners, teachers, schools and families

    • OUTOCOME
    • Video Conference
  • 12 March 2020
    Education ministers discuss the implications of COVID-19 on education and training

    • OUTCOME

ECONOMY MINISTER

  • 16 April 2020
    Discussion on implementation of emergency measures

    • Video Conference

EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL MINISTERS

  • 9 June 2020
    Employment and social affairs ministers discuss how to make labour markets more resilient in the recovery phase

    • Video conference of employment and social affairs ministers, 9 June 2020
  • 19 March 2020
    Discussion on social and employment consequences of COVID-19

    • OUTCOME

EUROGROUP

  • 26 May 2020
    President Centeno welcomes EIB agreement on safety net for businesses

    • Report on the comprehensive economic policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic (press release, 9 April 2020)
    • Council adopts temporary support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (press release, 19 May 2020)
  • 8 May 2020
    MES
    Decided the conditions for the use of Credit line of max €240 billion

    1-all ESM Members meet the eligibility requirements to receive support
    2- commitment to use this credit line to support domestic financing of direct and indirect healthcare, cure and prevention related costs due to the COVID 19 crisis.

    • BRIEFING
    • PRESS RELEASE
  • 9 April 2020
    Eurogroup puts forward €500 billion support package

    • PRESS RELEASE
    • REMARKS by Mario Centeno
    • Video conference
  • 4 March 2020
    Eurogroup discusses impact of COVID-19 on the economy

    • Remarks by Mário Centeno
    • Statement on the situation with COVID-19
    • Summing-up letter by Mário Centeno
  • 24 March 2020
    Eurogroup meeting on Responses to the COVID-19 economic fallout

    • PRESS RELEASE
    • REMARKS by Mario Centeno
    • LETTER TO EU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
  • 16 March 2020
    Eurogroup sets out ambitious and coordinated policy response

    • STATEMENT
    • REMARK BY CENTENO

FINANCE MINISTERS

  • 23 March 2020
    Finance ministers agree to ease EU fiscal rules in COVID-19 fallout and discussed on European Semester 2020

    • STATEMENT
    • PRESS RELEASE
    • ECP ANNOUNCE 750 BILLION EURO

FOREIGN MINISTERS

  • 3 April 2020
    International response to COVID-19

    • VIDEO CONFERENCE
  • 23 March 2020
    On international response to COVID-19 and repatriation of EU travellers

    • VIDEO CONFERENCE

HEALTH MINISTERS

  • 12 June 2020
    Health ministers discuss new, reinforced EU4Health programme

    • Video conference of ministers of health, 12 June 2020
  • 15 April 2020
    Discussion on Common Exit Strategy

    • SUM-UP OF THE MEETING
    • Content:
      • work together towards a common EU exit strategy
      • improve coordination across the EU
      • identify the most appropriate time for relaxing the measures
      • provide clear information and guidance to the public
  • 6 March 2020
    Council holds second extraordinary meeting of health ministers to discuss the latest developments

    • MAIN RESULTS
    • DISCUSSION PAPER
    • VIDEO OF THE MEETING
  • 13 February 2020
    Extraordinary Health Council adopts conclusions on COVID-19

    • CONCLUSIONS
    • VIDEO OF THE MEETING
  • 7 February 2020
    EU health ministers hold informal high-level video conference

    • CONLUSIONS

      The Croatian presidency organises an informal high-level videoconference. Member states, together with representatives of the European Commission and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) review the state of play regarding the outbreak.

HOME AFFAIR MINISTERS

5 June 2020

Home ministers discuss internal border controls and free movement of persons in the context of COVID-19

  • Video conference of home affairs ministers, 5 June 2020

JUSTICE MINISTERS

  • Measures in the field of justice
    • PRESS RELEASE
    • Presidency Statement

RESEARCH MINISTERS

  • 29 May 2020
    Ministers draw lessons from COVID-19 crisis for future of research and innovation

    • Video conference of ministers of research, 29 May 2020
  • 29 May 2020
    Ministers discuss the role of space in the EU recovery

    • Video conference of ministers responsible for space, 29 May 2020
  • 7 April 2020
    How to coordinate research on COVID-19

    • PRESS RELEASE
    • Conclusions
      • financing of European research and innovation projects
      • sharing of scientific data and infrastructure among research and innovation centres

TRADE MINISTERS

  • 9 June 2020
    EU trade ministers discuss COVID-19 pandemic implications for trade policy

    • Video conference of trade ministers, 9 June 2020

TRANSPORT & TOURISM MINISTERS

  • 4 June 2020
    A green and smart recovery for the transport sector

    • Video conference of transport ministers, 4 June 2020
  • 25 May 2020
    Council adopts relief measures for aviation and railways

    • COVID-19: Council adopts relief measures for aviation and railways (press release, 25 May 2020)
  • 20 May 2020
    Ministers discuss recovery measures for EU tourism sector

    • Video conference of ministers of tourism, 20 May 2020
    • Tourism and transport: Commission's guidance on how to safely resume travel and reboot Europe's tourism in 2020 and beyond (press release, 13 May 2020, European Commission)
  • 30 March 2020
    EU adopts slot waiver to help airlines

    • PRESS RELEASE

    • Slots (background information)

    • COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak (background information)

    • Decisions
      Suspension until 24 October 2020 the airport slot requirement

    • Regulation 95/93 on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports

    • Regulation amending the regulation on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports - full text

  • 20 May 2020
    Transport: Council adopts temporary flexibility for licences and port services

    • COVID-19 transport measures: Council adopts temporary flexibility for licences and port services (press release, 20 May 2020)
  • 20 March 2020
    Ministers on suspending slot requirements to help airlines

    • PRESS RELEASE
      • Slots (background information)
      • Regulation 95/93 on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports
  • 18 March 2020
    EU member states join forces to keep priority traffic moving

    • OUTCOME

YOUTH MINISTERS

  • 19 May 2020
    Youth ministers discuss impact of COVID-19 on young people

    • Video conference of youth ministers, 19 May 2020

TELECOMMUNICATIONS MINISTERS

  • 5 June 2020
    EU ministers discuss digital priorities in the post COVID-19 recovery

    • Video conference of telecommunications ministers, 5 June 2020

3 - DECISIONS

9 June 2020

Council conclusions: shaping Europe’s digital future

  • Shaping Europe’s digital future - Council adopts conclusions (press release, 9 June 2020)

8 June 2020

Team Europe global response to COVID-19: almost €36 billion mobilised

  • Video conference of development ministers, 8 June 2020

20 May 2020

Council adopts €3 billion assistance package for neighbouring partners

  • COVID-19: Council adopts €3 billion assistance package to support neighbouring partners (press release, 20 May 2020)

19 May 2020

EU adopts temporary scheme to support workers (SURE)

  • Infographic - The EU’s emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic
    • See full infographic
  • Council adopts temporary support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (press release, 19 May 2020)
  • Video conference of economics and finance ministers, 19 May 2020

15 May 2020

EU brings home almost 600 000 EU citizens stranded abroad

  • "Europe brings home over half a million stranded citizens. An unprecedented challenge!" (press statement, 15 May 2020)

15 May 2020

Eurogroup discusses priorities for the EU recovery

  • Video conference of the Eurogroup, 15 May 2020
  • Remarks by Mário Centeno following the Eurogroup videoconference of 15 May 2020

15 May 2020

Foreign affairs ministers discuss COVID-19 impact on the situation in Southern Neighbourhood and Middle East

  • Video conference of foreign affairs ministers, 15 May 2020

15 May 2020

Council reaches political agreement on safety net for jobs and workers (SURE)

  • SURE (Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency) is one of the three safety nets, worth €540 billion, for jobs and workers, businesses and member states, agreed by the Eurogroup and endorsed by EU leaders.

13 May 2020

EU agriculture and fisheries ministers discuss current and future measures to limit COVID-19 impact

  • Infographic - COVID-19: EU support to agriculture and fisheries
    • See full infographic
  • Video conference of agriculture and fisheries ministers, 13 May 2020

12 May 2020

Health ministers highlight importance of access to medicines within the COVID-19 context

  • Video conference of health ministers, 12 May 2020

8 May 2020

Eurogroup agrees deal on emergency financial support to euro area countries

  • Eurogroup Statement on the Pandemic Crisis Support (press release, 8 May 2020)
  • Remarks by Mário Centeno following the Eurogroup videoconference of 8 May 2020
  • Video conference of the Eurogroup, 8 May 2020

8 May 2020

MES
Decided the conditions for the use of Credit line of max €240 billion

1-all ESM Members meet the eligibility requirements to receive support
2- commitment to use this credit line to support domestic financing of direct and indirect healthcare, cure and prevention related costs due to the COVID 19 crisis.

  • BRIEFING
  • PRESS RELEASE

23 April 2020

FIRST EU ROADMAP
Council announce a Joint European Roadmap, which includes, from 1 June 2020:
- SURE plan with €100 billion
- MES with €200 billion
- BEI for PMI with €240 billion

and a - Recovery Fund to be prepared by EC in connection w/t MFF

  • CONCLUSIONS

15 April 2020

Joint European roadmap to lifting coronavirus containment measures (not binding for MS)

  • CONSULT THE ROADMAP

14 April 2020

Council adopts amended EU budget for 2020 for Fisheries

  • PRESS RELEASE
  • Regulation
  • Decisions:
    • Commitments have been increased overall by €3.57 billion and amount to €172.2 billion. Payments have been increased by €1.6 billion, reaching a total of €155.2 billion.

14 April 2020

Additional €3.1 billion available to tackle COVID-19 crisis (remaining money from this year's budget)

  • PRESS RELEASE
  • Decision
    The additional budget will be used to:
    • purchase and distribute medical supplies, including protective gear and ventilators
    • boost the production of testing kits
    • build field hospitals
    • transfer patients for treatment in other member states
    • repatriate EU citizens stranded abroad

9 April 2020

Eurogroup puts forward €500 billion support package (to be confirmed by the European Council)

  • PRESS RELEASE
  • REMARKS by Mario Centeno
  • Video conference

30 MARCH 2020

Measures for immediate release of cohesion funds (Unspent structural funds)

  • PRESS RELEASE
  • Regulation extending the scope of the EU Solidarity Fund
  • Regulation concerning the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative
  • Decisions
    . Release funding of €37 billion of cohesion money from the EU budget for tackling the COVID-19 crisis
    . Of the total, about €8 billion will come from unspent pre-financing in 2019 under the structural funds.
    . Another €29 billion will be disbursed early from allocations which would have been due later this year.

2 March 2020

Integrated Political Crisis Response
Council presidency escalates IPCR to full activation mode

  • THE EU RESPONSE

28 January 2020

EU Council presidency activates IPCR in information sharing mode

  • PRESS RELEASE

4 - INTERNATIONAL SUMMITS

26 March 2020

G20 leaders hold extraordinary video conference on COVID-19 pandemic

  • STATEMENT by President Michel and President von der Leyen

16 March 2020

G7 leaders coordinate to address global crisis

  • STATEMENT

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