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Einrichtung der Fazilität für die Ukraine: Finanzierung der Erholung der Ukraine und ihres Weges zum EU-Beitritt
Mit der Ukraine-Fazilität soll die Ukraine, ihre Erholung und ihr Weg zum EU-Beitritt mit bis zu 50 Mrd. EUR für den Zeitraum von 2024 bis 2027 unterstützt werden. Aufgaben der Fazilität: direkte finanzielle Unterstützung der Ukraine in Form von Zuschüssen und Darlehen („Säule I“), Mobilisierung privater Investitionen in der Ukraine durch die Bereitstellung von Garantien und Mischfinanzierungen („Säule II“) und Finanzhilfen und Programme zum Aufbau von Kapazitäten auf zentraler, regionaler und kommunaler ...
Legal options for confiscation of Russian state assets to support the reconstruction of Ukraine
This report analyses the options under international law for the confiscation of Russian state assets to support Ukraine's reconstruction. It focuses on Russian Central Bank assets, US$300 billion of which are frozen in various jurisdictions. The report considers four avenues for overcoming Russia's immunity from enforcement: avoidance of immunity through purely executive or legislative action; justification for the breach of international law on the grounds that it is a countermeasure; evolution ...
Einrichtung der Fazilität für die Ukraine
Mit der Fazilität für die Ukraine sollen die Ukraine, ihr Wiederaufbau und ihr Weg zum Beitritt zur Union im Zeitraum 2024 bis 2027 mit Darlehen und Zuschüssen in Höhe von bis zu 50 Mrd. EUR unterstützt werden. Am 6. Februar 2024 erzielten das Europäische Parlament und der Rat im Anschluss an die Einigung im Europäischen Rat über die Überarbeitung des mehrjährigen Finanzrahmens (MFR) der Union eine politische Einigung über die Einrichtung der Fazilität für die Ukraine. Aus dem MFR sollen mit Blick ...
Menschenrechte und Demokratie in der Welt: Bewertung der EU-Maßnahmen im Jahr 2022
Im Rahmen der jüngsten jährlichen Überprüfung des auswärtigen Handelns der EU zur Förderung von Menschenrechten und Demokratie für das Jahr 2022 wird ein sich verschlechterndes Umfeld aufgezeigt, das durch den Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine, zahlreiche Konflikte und neue Herausforderungen gekennzeichnet ist. Während seiner Februar-II-Plenartagung soll das Europäische Parlament über seinen eigenen Jahresbericht über Menschenrechte und Demokratie in der Welt abstimmen, wobei auf den Jahresbericht ...
European Peace Facility: Continued EU military assistance to Ukraine
Almost two years since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, EU military assistance under the European Peace Facility (EPF) is lagging. The special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 invited the Council to agree by early March 2024 to amend the regulation establishing the EPF, in order to increase its financial ceiling.
Latin America outlook: Issues to watch in 2024
This year's EPRS outlook for Latin America focuses on key developments in the region, a partner of significant importance for the European Union (EU). As part of its efforts to foster alliances around the globe, the EU has been striving since 2022 to revive relations with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and 2023 was crucial for EU relations with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). The leaders' summit that took place in Brussels on 17-18 July 2023 under the Spanish ...
EU pact on migration and asylum: State of play
In 2016, with unprecedented numbers of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers arriving in the EU, the European Commission proposed a package of reforms to the common European asylum system (CEAS). In June 2018, a broad provisional agreement was reached between the European Parliament and the presidency of the Council of the EU on several of the reform proposals. However, the agreement did not get the necessary support from the Member States. The reform stalled owing to persistent disagreements among ...
Plenary round-up – February I 2024
A highlight of the February I 2024 plenary session was the debate on the conclusions of the special European Council meeting on 1 February, at which leaders reached agreement on EU funding, in particular for Ukraine. That was followed by a debate with the Council and Commission on the need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. Members also debated empowering farmers and rural communities and ensuring sustainable and fairly rewarded EU ...
Sanctions are an essential tool to safeguard EU values and interests, but how can the EU enforce them and protect its budget in the process? With a particular focus on the EU-Russia sanctions, this work-shop looked at the issue from various perspectives, including trade sanctions, criminalising sanctions circumvention, asset freezing and tracing final beneficiaries of EU funds.
Outcome of the special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024
EU leaders reached a swift and unanimous decision on the long-term EU budget at the special European Council meeting of 1 February, sending a strong and united message on the EU's continued support for Ukraine. Altogether, the European Council agreed to reinforce new priorities by €64.6 billion in a revised EU multiannual financial framework (MFF). Next to the MFF, leaders discussed the EU's military support to Ukraine, calling on the Council to agree to a European Peace Facility top-up by March ...