In a plenary debate on Monday 17 May, MEPs welcomed the Interinstitutional Agreement reached on the Just Transition Fund in late 2020 (see EUROPE B12620A12), before approving it on Tuesday with a solid majority (615 votes for, 35 against, 46 abstentions). But many deplored the drastic reduction of the overall budget to 17.5 billion euros.
MEPs noted that the priorities of the European Parliament had been safeguarded. Among them was shadow rapporteur Pedro Marques (S&D, Spain), who put...