The European Commission approved, on Thursday 7 May, requests for support by 18 Member States for the preparation of their territorial Just Transition Plans under the Just Transition Mechanism.
This approval follows a specific call launched by the Commission at the end of February in the context of the structural reform support programme. Internally, it has been made clear that this is the approval of requests for assistance and not national transition plans.
This technical assistance is an important step, explains the Commissioner for Cohesion and Reform, Elisa Ferreira, in that it will help to draw up the national transition plans and will ultimately enable the Member States to benefit from the Just Transition Mechanism (see EUROPE 12403/2).
Until the end of the year, the institution will assist national and regional authorities in assessing the socio-economic and environmental impacts of the transition and will help them to outline the transition up to 2030.
The 18 Member States requesting technical assistance are Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, Spain, Finland, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and Slovakia. (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens)