{"id":617155,"date":"2024-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/03\/17\/this-evening-eu-confirms-its-lining-up-a-eur-7-4-bn-aid-package-for-us\/"},"modified":"2024-03-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T00:00:00","slug":"this-evening-eu-confirms-its-lining-up-a-eur-7-4-bn-aid-package-for-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/03\/17\/this-evening-eu-confirms-its-lining-up-a-eur-7-4-bn-aid-package-for-us\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS EVENING: EU confirms it\u2019s lining up a EUR 7.4 bn aid package for us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Good afternoon, folks, and happy Sunday. <\/strong>We hope that you\u2019ve accustomed yourselves to the caffeine deprivation and are ready for the second workweek of Ramadan. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>THE BIG STORY TODAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>The EU is set to provide us with a EUR 7.4 bn package of loans, grants, and<\/strong><strong> investments through to 2027<\/strong>, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/3\/1430.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement (pdf)<\/a> by the bloc. The agreement takes Egypt\u2019s relations with the EU \u201cto the level of a strategic and comprehensive partnership,\u201d the statement reads. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>On the ground at Ittihadiya: <\/strong>President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to discuss the agreement today, according to Ittihadeya statements (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Egy.Pres.Spokesman\/posts\/pfbid05YxVTLXXtQRq2RwmP4Y45YFekrzHrkdqcU9nwRaSKJWmy1QeXWL5s42uaX4k5cHxl\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Egy.Pres.Spokesman\/posts\/pfbid02NY2mSwhQWaGKcWvFgPSmbkVgE2XiCp5yXZxAzNEdRuEUP23fNa8xfQDguCKbjHU9l\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>). Von der Leyen is here with a delegation of EU officials \u2014 including the Greek, Belgian, and Italian prime ministers \u2014 who will talk at a presser at 5pm CLT today. You can catch the presser <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/audiovisual.ec.europa.eu\/en\/ebs\/1\/20240317\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Background<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> The figure concludes a bout of speculation on the size of the package since Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/033d5dd6-d417-4ad7-8154-b113a19b96a7\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> earlier this month that our <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/033d5dd6-d417-4ad7-8154-b113a19b96a7\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">expanded USD 8 bn IMF agreement<\/a> will be followed by more funding from other international partners including the EU. The Financial Times was the first to report on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/8cc6d2e9-eac7-45f2-812b-040db3f9c44a\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">EUR 7.4 bn figure<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The breakdown: <\/strong>The package includes the following aid:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>EUR 5 bn in concessional loans<\/strong> aimed at supporting the country\u2019s macro- and socio-economic reforms alongside international partners (read: IMF).<\/li>\n<li><strong>EUR 1.8 bn of investments <\/strong>to support the green and digital transitions and \u201cmodernize the economy.\u201d These include investments in renewable hydrogen and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/6b4cdf86-bd8c-496a-bb9f-a0a96ced5721\/egypt,-greece-explore-ways-to-fund-the%253cmark%253e-gregy-%253c%2Fmark%253einterconnector\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">GREGY<\/a> \u2014 one of Egypt\u2019s planned electricity linkups with Greece \u2014 as well as funds to help set up the Investment Conference in Cairo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>EUR 600 mn in grants<\/strong>,including EUR 200 mn for migration management and EUR 35 mn for installing additional renewable energy capacities under the government\u2019s Nexus for Food, Water, and Energy initiative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>THE BIG STORY ABROAD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The Russian presidential elections are the uncontested top story in the international <\/strong><strong>press this afternoon. <\/strong>President Vladimir Putin is widely expected to secure a new six-year term in office by landslide when the country\u2019s three-day presidential elections \u2014 in which there are no real competitors \u2014 draw to a close today. Russians crowded outside the polling stations today to protest the president\u2019s authoritarian rule \u2014 which has extended for nearly a quarter century \u2014 in response to calls from opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who urged the protest before he died in prison last month. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/noon-against-putin-thousands-russians-turn-out-fulfil-navalnys-last-wish-2024-03-17\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-election-putin-2024-updates-d4dcaa5c93dc44b745cec7d811831daa\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/03\/17\/russia-presidential-election-putin-protest\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/17\/world\/europe\/russia-election-mood.html\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/user\/news-letters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/2\/1816.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 subscribe-box-panel\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<h4 class=\"fw-lighter mb-10\">   Get <b style=\"font-weight: 700\">Enterprise<\/b> daily   <\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-10\">The roundup of news and trends that move your markets and shape corporate agendas delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/egypt\/en\/user\/NewsLetters\" type=\"button \" class=\"btn-green px-3 d-flex align-items-center\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe here<\/a>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>** CATCH UP QUICK<\/strong> on the top stories from today\u2019s <strong>EnterpriseAM:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What does the Egyptian economy look like post float? <\/strong>Goldman Sachs, Standard Chartered, and Fitch all weighed in over the weekend on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/2306f6bf-b667-4fd1-8c13-b5f0bfdae4b6\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the future of the economy<\/a>, updating their forecasts and predictions of where they see the EGP \/ USD exchange rate settling, FX inflows, and FX liquidity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fitch doesn\u2019t see a credit rating upgrade in the cards just yet:<\/strong> Egypt\u2019s recent string of positive economic developments \u2014 the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/b0b97fcf-95b0-4d39-86ae-0a4989221520\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 35 bn Ras El Hekma agreement<\/a>, our expanded <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/033d5dd6-d417-4ad7-8154-b113a19b96a7\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 8 bn IMF program<\/a>, and the central bank\u2019s decision to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/ac569e2c-c6f2-480e-bdaa-3f1cd4f81d05\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">float the EGP<\/a> that seems so far to be going to plan \u2014 are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/21bfbec7-5ecf-48b1-b745-17387affedfc\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">not enough for Fitch Ratings to upgrade<\/a> the country\u2019s sovereign credit rating or outlook.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Everyone wants a piece of Egypt:<\/strong> Foreign investors have poured over USD 3 bn into Egypt since the central bank floated the EGP and announced a jumbo 600 bps rate hike over a week ago \u2014 and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/13d4aac6-3f97-4af8-a38d-2788c92c17da\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the number is expected to jump to USD 30 bn<\/a> before the end of the year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"web-image-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enterprise.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Inside-Industry-en-WEB-1600x584-v5-03-1.jpg\" alt=\"enterprise\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>*** It\u2019s Inside Industry day \u2014<\/strong><strong>your weekly briefing of all things industrial in Egypt.<\/strong> Inside Industry focuses each Sunday on what it takes to turn Egypt into a manufacturing and export powerhouse, ranging from initial investment and planning to product distribution, through to land allocation to industrial processes, supply chain management, labor, automation and technology, inputs and exports, regulation and policy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>In today\u2019s issue:<\/strong> Foreign investors \u2014 particularly from Turkey \u2014 are eyeing fresh investments in Egypt\u2019s spinning, weaving, and readymade garments industry, particularly after the EGP float earlier this month made investments more attractive. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>\u26c8\ufe0f <\/strong><strong>TOMORROW\u2019S WEATHER- <\/strong>Expect a cloudy day with a chance for rain, with a high of 24\u00b0C and a low of 13\u00b0C, according to our favorite weather app. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, folks, and happy Sunday. 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