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TunisiaEU stands with Palestine: €38 million to support the payment of April salaries and pensions
May 6, 2020
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As part of the #TeamEurope approach recently adopted by the 27 EU Member States to support partner countries and fragile populations to fight the coronavirus, the European Union has provided today €38 million contribution to the April salaries and pensions of around 43,000 of the Palestinian civil servants in the West Bank.
This support will enable the Palestinian Authority to meet its commitments towards Palestinian civil servants notwithstanding the difficult fiscal situation brought about by the COVID-19 crisis.
The €38 million contribution is funded by the European Union and targets civil servants, mostly working in the social sectors of health and education, as well as pensioners in the West Bank.
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