Ljubljana – Slovenia, in accordance with the Minister for Cohesion and Regional Growth Aleksandra Jevška, opposes plans to centralize the implementation of European cohesion coverage following the mannequin of the restoration and resilience mechanism in response to the covid-19 pandemic. In line with Jevšek, that is additionally the place of different EU member states from the group of so-called mates of cohesion.
As Jevšek mentioned on Wednesday on the second nationwide session on cohesion within the subsequent multi-annual monetary interval of the EU 2028-2034, organized in Ljubljana by the College of Public Administration, Slovenia is dedicated to sustaining the core ideas of cohesion. “Slovenia is not going to conform to the centralization of cohesion funds in accordance with the restoration and resilience plan mannequin. Cohesion is meant for areas. We would like robust areas. We wish to strengthen areas,” he was clear.
Makes an attempt to centralize European cohesion coverage sooner or later, combining all funds and applications on the nationwide degree underneath a single doc, is, in accordance with Jevšek, a step away from cities and areas which can be nearer to residents and higher acknowledge individuals’s wants. “This isn’t solely Slovenia’s place however the place of 15 EU member states, mates of cohesion,” mentioned the minister.
The European Fee is predicted to current a proposal for the following multi-annual monetary framework of the EU for the interval 2028-2034 within the second half of 2025, however it has already began inside consultations. In line with one of many inside paperwork obtained by the Brussels portal Politico, new funds meant for agriculture and cohesion could be acquired by member states inside a single nationwide plan as a substitute of by way of varied applications, following the mannequin of restoration and resilience plans, which outline the reforms and different measures that member states should undertake to obtain funds from the restoration fund after the pandemic.
The candidate for European Commissioner for Funds Piotr Serafin, who acquired the inexperienced gentle from the European Parliament’s Committees on Funds and Budgetary Management on the listening to final Friday, identified in his speech that nationwide plans, during which investments linked to reforms will probably be decided by member states and areas, will probably be among the many elements of the EU’s long-term finances for the interval 2028-2034. He additionally assured that the European Fee doesn’t intend to easily replicate the mannequin of the restoration mechanism, emphasizing that it lacks exactly the regional side. (November 6 and seven)
