Acronyms and abbreviations AfD: Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany) APP: Asset Purchase Programme AT: Austria BABS: Baltic, Adriatic and Black Seas Initiative BfArM: Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (The German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices) BMAS: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (The Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs) BRI: the Belt and Road Initiative CC. OO.: Comisiones Obrera s(Workers’ Commissions) CCCTB: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base CDU: C hristlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (Christian Democratic Union of Germany) CEAR: Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado (Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid) CEPS: Centre for European Policy Studies CFSP: Common Foreign and Security Policy CIE: Centros de Internamiento de Extranjeros (Spain’s Foreigner Internment Centres) CO 2 : carbon dioxide COM: proposed legislation and other Commission communi­cations to the Council and/or the other institutions, and their preparatory papers. Commission documents for the other institutions(legislative proposals, communications, reports, etc.). COMECON: Council for Mutual Economic Assistance COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019 CR: European Conservatives and Reformists Group CSU: Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (Christian Social Union Bavaria) CZ: Czech Republic DE: Germany DG ECFIN: Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs DG EMPL: Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion ECB: European Central Bank ECDC: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECOFIN: Economic and Financial Affairs Council ECR: European Conservatives and Reformists ECRE: European Council on Refugees and Exiles ECSC: European Coal and Steel Community EEC: European Economic Community EES: European Employment Strategy EFSF: European Financial Stability Facility EIB: European Investment Bank EMA: European Medicines Agency EMU: Economic and Monetary Union EP: European Parliament EPP: European People’s Party EPSCO: Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council EPSR: European Pillar of Social Rights ESM: European Stability Mechanism ESTIA: Emergency Support to Integration& Accommodation ETUI: European Trade Union Institute EU: European Union EUCO: European Council FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAZ: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung FDP: Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) FES: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Fidesz: Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség (Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Alliance) Frontex: frontières extérieures (European Border and Coast Guard Agency) G: Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance G20: Group of Twenty(Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and the European Union) G5: Sahel countries Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger G7: Group of Seven(Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States) G8: Group of Eight(G7+ Russia. Russia was disinvited in 2014) GDP: Gross domestic product GTAI: Germany Trade and Invest HG: Head of Government HICP: Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices 127