Articles related to "EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020"

Western and Eastern European governments fighting over some billions less or more to the EU's next multi-annual budget (2014-2020) would better focus on how to spend this precious resource, writes Miroslav Mojžiš.

Britain will demand changes to the European Union's regional development funds in budget talks this month, including stripping wealthier nations of access to money intended to help poorer areas, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

Cohesion Policy will be the main public investment instrument for Greece in the foreseeable future, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn told Greek regional governors in Athens. EurActiv Greece contributed reporting for this article.

EU institutions officially launched negotiations yesterday (12 July) on the amount of regional funding that will come under the bloc's next seven-year budget (2014-2020). Tough debates lie ahead, including whether to subsidise oil and gas distribution networks.

Germany and six other countries have co-sponsored a call to freeze the EU's next seven-year budget for the period 2014-2020, according to a document obtained by EurActiv.de. But France remains undecided for now as the new Socialist government has yet to take a definitive stance on the issue.

Earmarking too large a chunk of the European Union’s cohesion funds for environmental projects in the 2014-2020 budget could be "detrimental", MEPs said.

Negotiations on the role regional funds will play in the EU’s next multi-annual budget are stagnating because talks are taking place in the context of the pre-crisis period, Fabian Zuleeg of the European Policy Centre told EurActiv in an interview.

Over 3,000 mayors teamed up yesterday (30 November) in efforts to demonstrate that energy efficiency targets could be implemented through a bottom-up approach, despite stagnating talks on a proposed EU energy efficiency directive.

Negotiations over the Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014-2020 are likely to spread until at least October next year, paving the way for the full-time president of the European Council to preside the talks and for Herman Van Rompuy to be reconfirmed in his role at the end of his first mandate, next May.

The European Commission has unveiled yesterday (6 October) its blueprint for the next generation of EU cohesion funds after 2013, under which it will be able to suspend funding if member states flout budget rules or breach the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact. 

Romania is largely unable to take advantage of the billions of euro in EU financing available for the country's economic development, a think-tank has warned, and only 3.4% of the money is actually spent. EurActiv Romania reports.

Almost simultaneously, the European Commission and Poland, the country currently holding the EU's rotating presidency, published similar papers highlighting the benefits of cohesion policy for Europe's economic growth.

The EU's next long-term budget for 2014-2020 will be at the centre of Poland's EU Presidency during the second half of the year, with Warsaw eyeing a bigger share of EU spending, it emerges from the country's programme, unveiled yesterday (31 May).

European Parliament members have endorsed the idea of dividing Europe's regions into three groups, according to their level of wealth, by adding a new category between the poorest and more prosperous regions. 

Representatives of regions and cities are calling on the European Commission to focus EU funds on supporting new approaches to meeting social needs.

Regions in relatively rich countries should continue to receive money from Brussels, because this is how the European Union "shows its face," according to German MEP Markus Pieper (European People's Party), who is in charge of drafting the European Parliament's opinion on the future of EU regional policy.

In a report sent to the European Commission, the French government makes a "priority" of "decreasing the portion of the budget dedicated to cohesion policy". EurActiv France reports.

Small and medium-sized towns have set up shop to increase their influence over EU policymaking and make their voices heard among the EU institutions.