Press Release: EU approves the disbursement of €80 million in Macro-Financial Assistance to Jordan

On 07 August 2015 the European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, adopted the decision necessary for the disbursement of €80 million to Jordan in the form of a loan.

This was the second and final tranche of a €180 million Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) programme for the country as adopted by the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers on 18 December 2013. The first disbursement under this programme, amounting to €100 million, took place on 10 February 2015.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU disburses €100 million in Macro-Financial Assistance to Jordan http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-disburses-e100-million-in-macro-financial-assistance-to-jordan/

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