On the afternoon of August 4th 2020, two massive explosions devastated the port of Beirut and the surrounding area. DG ECHO immediately activated Copernicus Rapid and Risk & Recovery Mapping services, whose first product, based on Earth Observation (EO) data, was made available about 30h after t...
In its communication on Short-term EU health preparedness for COVID-19 outbreaks (COM(2020) 318 final) the Commission calls for “targeted and localised non-medical countermeasures, informed by research and evidence” to avoid major social and economic consequences from large-scale lockdown measur...
This factsheet presents the Commission proposals for stronger and more operational EU agencies as a way to respond effectively to future health crises....
The coronavirus pandemic is a global crisis. It can only be solved at global level. A strong European response in support of our partners is the only way to put an end to the spread of the virus and to avoid spillover effects on social stability and security in our partner countries....
The European Crisis Management Laboratory develops new technologies to improve the Civil Protection mechanism, including sensors and alerting devices. The experience of several years and the technical innovations led to develop an Operating System (OS) able to manage all the functionality reques...
Although European Directive 2008/114/EC on the protection of critical infrastructures (Council of the European Union, 2008) does not designate the water supply sector as a critical infrastructure, all governments recognise that their water supply is vital to national security. Water systems are ...
Before the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, discussions were already taking place on how to complete Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and increase its resilience, inter alia, by speeding up economic convergence. The impact of the current unprecedented crisis on the euro area eco...
This report presents the findings of a survey among European citizens about their views on the coronavirus crisis. The survey has been conducted in two waves, the first taking place in April-May 2020, and the second (the focus of this report) in June 2020....
Building on the considerable progress that has already been made in the European Parliament and the Council, the Commission now proposes to deploy a reinforced EU budget to help repair the immediate economic and social damage brought by the coronavirus pandemic, kickstart the recovery and prepar...