Article – European Parliament ready to play its part in mitigating Covid-19 impact

Support for regions

Part of the EU response will be to amend funding rules, which must be approved by both the Parliament and the Council. Parliament’s regional development committee aims to conclude its examination of the proposal as quickly as possible. The measure would mean it would be easier to channel funding to affected areas and sectors.

Additional resources

Parliament’s budget committee also committed to deal with all initiatives to mitigate the impact of the outbreak as quickly as possible.

Measures to ease impact on aviation industry

The Commission has proposed suspending EU rules obliging airlines to operate most of their take-off and landing slots. Companies need to do so to avoid losing them, but in the current situation, the rules has led to so-called ghost flights with few passengers.

Parliament’s transport committee welcomed the plans and pledged to work on the legislation as quickly as possible.