The European Parliament's timetable for the Just Transition Fund, for which Manolis Kefalogiannis (EPP, Greece) is rapporteur (see EUROPE 12418/22), is being clarified and Parliament is expected to adopt its position before the summer, unless a conflict of competences arises between the parliamentary committees.
According to our information, a first debate in the Committee on Regional Development (REGI) is scheduled for 19 February. A draft report is expected to be tabled in March. The amendments are expected in April, with a likely vote in committee in May.
However, the process could be slightly slowed down, due to certain attempts in the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) to have exclusive competence over articles related to financial aspects. The issue is expected to be decided at the meeting of the Conference of Committee Chairs (CCC), probably on 10 March.
The list of shadow rapporteurs is now known: Pedro Marques (S&D, Portugal), Ondrej Knotek (Renew Europe, Czech Republic), Francesca Donato (ID, Italy), Niklas Nienass (Greens/EFA, Germany), Martina Michels (GUE/NGL, Germany) and Raffaele Fitto (ECR, Italy).
Strangely, no Polish MEP is present to follow the text, even though Poland is the first recipient of the Fund (€2 billion - see EUROPE 12404/12) and risks paying the price for the negotiations. (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens)