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SURE is a key part of the European Commission’s comprehensive strategy to protect citizens and reduce the socio-economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. The EC’s first semi-annual report on SURE, released last week, found that the measure had achieved its goal in its first six months of operation. 25-30 million supported employees and 1.5-2.5 million companies and authorities for the first four SURE payments by 2021. February 2 saved about 5.8 billion. interest payments in euros.
Following the approval of the additional financial assistance on Tuesday, the total amount of financial assistance proposed by the European Commission under SURE for the 19 Member States will amount to 94.3 billion euros. The EC Representation in Lithuania points out in the report. With SURE, € 5.7 billion can still be provided. and Member States can still request assistance.
The European Commission is ready to assess further requests from Member States for additional funding for existing or new measures taken in response to the resurgence of COVID-19 infections and new limitations.
Once these proposals have been approved by the Council of the EU, the financial support will take the form of loans. The EU will provide them on favorable terms to six Member States. These loans will help Member States to cover costs directly related to financing part-time national plans and other similar measures, in particular for the self-employed, as well as health-related measures.
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