SECTORAL POLICIES / Cohesion

Brexit Adjustment Reserve, European Parliament rapporteur ready to widen allocation criteria for second tranche of funding

Brussels, 23/04/2021 (Agence Europe)

Belgian rapporteur Pascal Arimont (EPP) once again insisted on the need to leave the method of allocating the Brexit Adjustment Reserve for the first tranche of funding untouched, but said he was open to reviewing the criteria for allocating the second tranche of funding, during a rather lively exchange, on Thursday 22 April, in the European Parliament’s Committee on Regional Development (REGI).

For the Belgian MEP, things are clear: the Adjustment Reserve should first and foremost be...