▶ Today, at 16:30 CET: ECA Member Jan Gregor will present the @euauditors.bsky.social views on the next #MFF package (based on our Review 03/2025, but also including the topic of simplification), at @europarl.europa.eu @juri.europarl.europa.eu’s extraordinary meeting in Luxembourg 🇱🇺.

European Commission suggests to support investments in the EU's eastern border regions ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

What will possibly be the result of the negotiations on the EU budget 2028-2034? Find it out through a simualtion game for schools and universities drive.proton.me/urls/GJ57HZ0... #eucouncil #euco @ep-eprs.bsky.social

The EU's long-term budget: how do member states decide on it? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

#EU #CohesionPolicy hasn’t failed. It has been mis-sold. Framed as compensation rather than #investment, it lost legitimacy, despite evidence of #growth and spillovers. My new LSEPPR paper shows that a policy of development dressed up as charity struggles. doi.org/10.31389/lse...

Socio-spatial effects on ETS2

What happens in case EU cohesion policy would be executed at national level? Effects would be negative for the development of regions authors say sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📗 The latest ECA Journal is out: EU defence in focus! Gaston Moonen’s editorial opens this edition, featuring insights from EU representatives, including ECA members, as well as from researchers and auditors. 📖 Read more: www.eca.europa.eu/ECAPublicati...

A new EU agenda for cities ec.europa.eu/regional_pol... map: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/sta...

How "green" is the EU budget 2028-2034? A paper series eu.boell.org/en/new-MFF

The geography of EU discontent revisited: Change of eurosceptical votes in national elections between 2004-2008 and 2020-2023 publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞? 🇪🇺 The EU’s new budget debate isn’t just about money — it’s about power and participation. By centralising decisions in national governments, the Commission risks sidelining regions and civil society — the very actors who make policies work on the ground. 1/2

#Europe’s future won’t be forged in #capitals alone. It lies in Mainz, Skellefteå or Arteixo. Yet, these places are falling through the cracks: too rich for cohesion, too dull for #innovation strategies. Centralisation is not the #EU’s best strategy doi.org/10.1177/0969... doi.org/10.1080/0034...

Cohesion policy 2028-2034 on the rocks? eprc-strath.org/publication/...

Smarter allocations for EU cohesion policy 2028-2034 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...

The (possible) new EU budget 2028-2034 and the regions cpmr.org/wpdm-package...

Level of poverty in EU regions: www.espon.eu/sites/defaul...

The changing geography of public opinion on EU topics www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

How long does it take in different places to pay a mortage of a 75m2 dwelling back if one uses one third of his/her income? Map from the the Committee of the Regions' annual "State of EU Regions and Cities" report: cor.europa.eu/sites/defaul...

Eurostat's Regional Yearbook 2025 out today: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/...

The new EU budget 2028-2034: Will cohesion policy become a case for the history books? Find my views on my Researchgate account (see above)

Preparing for a more performance-based delivery of EU cohesion funds ec.europa.eu/regional_pol...

Should EU cohesion policy be delivered at national level or by regions? The latter, authors argue in this article www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cohesion between EU regions by 2035, study ec.europa.eu/regional_pol...

The initial fuss over the COM’s MFF proposal has been digested - but the bargaining is only just beginning. In a new policy brief, @nilsredeker.bsky.social, @eulaliarubio.bsky.social, @lindnerjs.bsky.social and I take a closer look at the figures and the direction the negotiations should now take.

The EU budget 2028-2034 proposal: Ambitious as regards its structure, less so on size, says new paper www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati... @delorsberlin.bsky.social

Cohesion once let regions set their future; the new budget folds #Cohesion into a packed mega-envelope. Empowerment & democracy are swapped for compliance. When one in three voters flirts with Euroscepticism, this is political arson. commission.europa.eu/strategy-and... doi.org/10.1080/0013...

EU budget 2028-2034: who gets how much? commission.europa.eu/strategy-and...

The EU budget 2028-2034: slides as presented by budget Commissioner Serafin on 16 July in the EP www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...

Is this the end of EU cohesion policy? www.euractiv.com/wp-content/u...

Member states' positions on the EU budget post 2027 www.euractiv.com/section/econ...

Do EU recovery funds promote cohesion between regions? No, says article: core regions profit more than peripheral ones sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

💶 Bigger, better funded and focused on public goods: how to revamp the European Union budget 🔨 How can the #MFF be reformed to match EU objectives? 🖊️ @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social, @roeldom.bsky.social, Marie-Sophie Lappe, Pascal Saint-Amans and @steinbacharmin.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/V3I8Wo9 #EconSky

Milestones, targets and RRF payments by end of 2024: report by the European Court of Auditors www.eca.europa.eu/en/publicati...

EU Court of Auditors on the post-2028 EU budget www.eca.europa.eu/en/publicati...

EU Court of Auditors on cohesion policy's future www.eca.europa.eu/en/publicati...

📢New report! Ahead of #NATO2025, ECFR polling shows Europeans preparing for a new era: more defence, strong support for Ukraine, and cautious trust in the U.S. @ecfrpower.bsky.social ecfr.eu/publication/...

Berlin says poor countries must reform to get EU funds

IMF on the EU's MFF elibrary.imf.org/view/journal...

EU cohesion policy 2021-2027: investment into climate change and environmental objectives as % of total expenditure at NUTS2 level www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"Green discontent": public opinion and voting behaviour at NUTS2 level on the question whether politics are "not doing enough" (WANE) or "too much" of climate action (WDTN) publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

When EU cohesion policy and EU research funds meet at NUTS3 level publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

How to design the new European Competitivenesss Fund: a policy paper bst-europe.eu/competitiven...

Political parties and deliberative minipublics: data from 212 cases in OECD countries delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

Subnational data and the operationalisation of EU cohesion policy openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/pub...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the EU budget post-2027 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

What citizens expect from the next EU budget citizens.ec.europa.eu/european-cit...

The price of housing in the regions of the EU: policy brief #ESPON www.espon.eu/projects/acc...