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...

National envelopes for EU cohesion policy post 2027: how to integrate partnership www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/publikati...

Enlargement and reform of the EU budget: key issues and open questions www.cer.eu/insights/eu-...

Map by Dijkstra/Poelmann (2024) www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Can EU money buy EU support? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Services of general interest and the regions of Europe: policy brief www.espon.eu/publications... #esponprogrammme.bsky.social

EU cohesion policy post 2027: new German government suggests to strengthen role of regions instead of centralising funds at national level (p 137) www.wiwo.de/downloads/30...

🗳 What kind of #voting patterns are there across the Nordic Region? 🏡 Rural areas: more likely to disengage 📈 Intermediate areas: higher support for populist parties 🏙️ Urban areas: higher turnout, lower discontent 💡 More? See our policy brief on Nordic #discontent: nordregio.org/publications...

Leaving money on the table: explaining the non-demand for EU funds www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How to assess proposals on the future of EU cohesion policy? steadyhq.com/de/spatialfo...

Left-behind #regions in #Germany are not just poorer—they are disconnected. In their new RSPP article, Koeppen, @dimitris-ballas.bsky.social, Edzes & @sierdjan.bsky.social say that social capital binds some communities in grievance, shielding others from extremism. doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

EU cohesion policy 2021-2027: European Commission suggests incentives to focus support on military mobility and industry, innovation, energy transition et al. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

In einer neuen SWP-Studie analysiert Peter Becker die Kohäsionspolitik der EU. Diese soll wirtschaftliche & soziale Unterschiede in Europa durch Investitionen ausgleichen. Die nötige Reform dieser Strukturpolitik wird durch Verteilungskonflikte in der EU erschwert. www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

1975-2025: 50 years of the European Regional Development Fund: On 18 March 1975, the first-ever ERDF Regulation entered into force eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/1975... The Funds' share of the EU budget increased from about 4% in 1975 to 9% in 1986 aei.pitt.edu/10612/1/1061...

1975-2025: 50 years of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): On 2 May 1973, a European Commission "Report on regional problems in the enlarged Community", which had been requested by the Heads of State or Government in October 1972, laid the foundations of the ERDF aei.pitt.edu/5888

ERDF@50: On 18 March 2025, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) will turn 50. In the 1960ies, several reports raised the issue of regional disparities and policy responses in the then European Economic Community (EEC) of six member states. aei.pitt.edu/33584/7/A201...

EU cohesion policy: strategy and future, EP study www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud...

Change of GDP in EU regions in 2023 ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...

Life expectancy in European regions ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...

The future of the EU budget - as seen @ep-eprs.bsky.social epthinktank.eu/2025/02/10/f...

European Commission publishes Communication on the road to the post-2027 EU budget/MFF commission.europa.eu/document/dow... and launches consultation process: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...