(Finance) – Among the many options for the examination of the Community executive to support EU investments in the defense there is also the “loan capacity” of Mes. The commissioner to the economy said so Valdis Dombrovskis Explaining – in the press conference at the end of the Eurogroup – that the commission package will be presented within a “week or weeks”.
“We are proposing an additional loan capacity of 150 billion euros Guaranteed by the EU budget “, he recalled,” additional tax flexibility “and also a” medium term revision of cohesion policy to also use cohesion funds to strengthen the security of the Member States “https://www.Finance.it/dettaglionews/205_2025-03-10_TLB/.” We are examining the role that the European bank can play for investments “. Working at “His Action Plan for Security and Defense” https://www.Finance.it/detaglionews/205_2025-03-10_TLB/. “We are examining what can be done through mobilization with private capital. And we should not forget the loan capacity, which is present in the MES, since it could be used here too “.
“The EU Commission does not suggest to start again to review our tax rules in this phase” https://www.Finance.it/detaglionews/205_2025-03-10_TLB/. “In the first place, we concluded this work less than a year ago and, secondly, would take time in any case”. To increase investments in defense “we need to react now. For this reason we propose to use the possibilities Already present in the new tax legislation, or the activation of the national safeguard clauses “.
Chapter duties – “On international trade I clarified that growing tensions will have a profoundly negative effect on the global economy. So we expressed our regret with the United States for potential duties on the European Union, but we are also ready to react in a resolute and proportional way if necessary “.