SAFE: Council clears path for financial assistance to eight member states and concluding the Canada agreement

Press release

The Council today adopted a set of implementing decisions making financial assistance under SAFE available to eight EU member states: Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Spain, Croatia, Portugal, and Romania.

A second batch of Council implementing decisions concerning financial assistance for Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Finland has been cleared by EU ambassadors and is expected to be formally adopted by the Council on 17 February.

"Today’s decisions show that the EU is not only talking about defence – we are delivering. Through SAFE, we are strengthening our security where it matters the most."
Vasilis Palmas
Minister of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus

Find more information on the official website of the Council of the EU.

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