This week, the Boards of the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund endorsed 11.4 billion euros in financing for Europe's competitiveness, housing, energy security and the space sector.
The Boards also agreed to extend two very successful programmes to support technological leadership: the European Tech Champions Initiative to scale up Europe's most promising innovators and the Defence Equity Facility to nurture the ecosystem of specialized investment funds in this area.
We signed a major agreement in Rotterdam, so that Europe’s largest port also becomes the cleanest, as ships will be able to put their engines off and connect to the electrical grid, cutting pollution and fossil fuel dependence. This is Europe at its best.
We had very productive meetings in the Hague with Dutch Prime Minister Jetten and Finance Minister Heinen, and in Luxembourg with Prime Minister Frieden, on our shared priorities in building a strong, more secure and autonomous Europe.
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