EU cohesion policy post-2027: why and how to enhance flexibility
The EU’s recent crises and complex geopolitical landscape means the EU budget should be rethought in terms of crisis management and increasing spending demands. Despite these pressures, future Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) discussions are more likely to focus on reallocating existing funds rather than expanding the EU budget. This situation has put cohesion policy, the EU budget’s largest spending item, […]
The Largest 50 Beneficiaries in each EU Member State of CAP and Cohesion Funds
Based on an analysis of more than 12 million beneficiaries of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funds in 2018-19, and approximately 600,000 beneficiaries of Cohesion Policy funds between 2014 and 2020, this report identifies the biggest direct and ultimate beneficiaries of these EU funds. The results of an assessment of nearly 300 systems for the public disclosure […]
The European Council’s compromise on the Rule of Law Regulation
At its last meeting for this year, the European Council managed to unblock the New Generation EU (NGEU) project and the budget for the next seven years by agreeing on a two-page declaration regarding the application of the rule of law mechanism. This compromise has elicited much praise for unblocking a crucial project, but also […]