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The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the French department of Seine-Maritime have signed a 25-year, €150 million finance contract aiming to modernise the working and learning environments of 13 000 pupils across the region — 25% of the total registered in the department’s public lower secondary schools (collèges) — together with their teachers and other staff.

European Commission Statement Brussels, 15 Apr 2024 The President both respects and regrets Markus Pieper's decision not to take up his post as SME Envoy on 16 April as planned. Markus Pieper is a proven expert o...

European Commission Speech Brussels, 15 Apr 2024 Ladies and Gentlemen, The growth of solar energy over the past two years has been extraordinary. It has become the centre piece of the energy transition. Becaus...

European Commission Speech Paris, 15 Apr 2024 Minister Séjourné, Minister Baerbock, Ladies and gentlemen, The conflict in Sudan has already broken all sorts of tragic records. Today, 25 million people – ha...

Today, the western Ukrainian city of Lviv marked the completion of a project to enhance urban mobility involving the purchase of ten low-floor trams. The trams and related equipment and services were financed by a €17.4 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), an opportunity made possible by Lviv’s participation in the broader Ukraine Urban Public Transport project.