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To date, the Commission has adopted 291 decisions and other acts since the beginning of the crisis. Almost all of these were neither planned, nor were featured in the Commission Work Programme for 2020. This reflects the urgency and the dramatic nature of the situation, as well as the speed at which the Commission had to readjust from delivering on long-term objectives to immediate crisis management.
Thanks to collective efforts, made first and foremost by citizens, to bend the trend, the spread of the virus has slowed and reduced across Europe. Any recovery will be contingent on managing and living with the virus for the foreseeable future. But it will also require fast, flexible support and investment where it is most needed. This is what the Commission is delivering today with Europe’s Recovery Plan1, which includes a new Recovery Instrument within a revamped Multiannual Financial Framework.
As part of today’s package, the Commission is also adjusting its Work Programme for 2020. This is based on two principles. Firstly, the Commission is determined to deliver on the commitments made in its Work Programme. Secondly, because of the nature and scope of this crisis and necessary focus on crisis management, the timing of some of the proposed actions need to be reviewed. Annex I of the 2020 Work Programme has been updated accordingly... full PDF