On Wednesday 21 May, the European ministers responsible for Cohesion Policy are due to adopt a declaration on the future of this policy at their informal meeting in Warsaw, chaired by Poland’s Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz.
In particular, the declaration calls on the European Commission to implement Cohesion Policy “together with the new priorities of security, defence, resilience, competitiveness, the continuation of green and digital policies; as well as responding to demographic challenges”. Ministers also noted that the issue of affordable housing could be looked at in this context.
According to the text, the coordination of EU policies must take account of the territorial dimension of the relevant EU policies.
Ministers stressed that the Cohesion Policy must continue to play a key role in reducing regional disparities across the EU, ensuring that no region or individual is left behind.
Isabelle Boudineau (PES, French) and Kata Tüttő will present the ministers with the latest opinion of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) on the future of this policy (see EUROPE 13641/11).
Link to the draft declaration: https://aeur.eu/f/gws (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)