EU donates €11 million for PA salaries and pensions
Headline: “The European Union grants 11 million euros to pay [PA] salaries and pensions”
“Yesterday [Dec. 5, 2013] the European Union donated approximately 11 million euros to pay the November salaries and pensions of approximately 71,000 Palestinian government employees and pensioners in the [West] Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The Office of the European Union Representative noted in a press release that this contribution will be transferred through the European Commission’s PEGASE mechanism, by the European Union (10 million euros) and the Government of the Netherlands (1 million euros, earmarked for the PA Justice sector salaries).”
From WAFA, official PA news agency
“Yesterday [Dec. 5, 2013] the European Union donated approximately 11 million euros to pay the November salaries and pensions of approximately 71,000 Palestinian government employees and pensioners in the [West] Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The Office of the European Union Representative noted in a press release that this contribution will be transferred through the European Commission’s PEGASE mechanism, by the European Union (10 million euros) and the Government of the Netherlands (1 million euros, earmarked for the PA Justice sector salaries).”
From WAFA, official PA news agency