EC paid out 142 million to Lithuania. euros according to the measure SURE – Respublika.lt
On Wednesday, the European Commission paid out more than 6.5 billion euros to nine EU member states. EUR, of which 142 million was allocated to Lithuania. EUR. Also allocated: Bulgaria – 460 million EUR, Cyprus – 29 million. EUR, the Czech Republic – 2.5 million. EUR, Greece – 900 million. EUR 550 million for Croatia. EUR, Latvia – 167 million. EUR 1.5 million for Poland. EUR and Portugal – 300 million. EUR. All nine EU member states have already received the financial support instrument SURE. This is the latest payment under SURE, which targets jobs and incomes affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. With the ninth and next payment made on Wednesday, 98.4 mln has been granted by the 19 EU Member States under the SURE measure. EUR financial support, reported the representative office of the European Commission in Lithuania.
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The disbursed loans will finance previous costs related to measures taken to combat the significant social and economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis. The loans help EU Member States cover the costs of financing national short-time working schemes and other similar measures, including those aimed at working people, as well as some health-related measures. These measures strengthened employment and income support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the representative office of the European Commission in Lithuania, during the implementation of the SURE program, in 2020 EU member states were successfully helped to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, and in 2021 supported rapid recovery. The latest European Commission reports on SURE show that under this measure in 2020 provided support of approximately 31.5 million population and 2.5 million companies, and in 2021 – 9 million population and more than 800,000 companies. in 2021 in June SURE won the 2021 The European Ombudsman’s award for good administration strengthening “Provision of services for citizens”. The SURE facility can be used until 2022. December 31
Wednesday’s disbursements are funded by Europe’s spending of €6.548 billion last week. SURE social impact bond issue of the EU instrument worth EUR, which is waiting for great support from investors in this year-end period.
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