European regions and cities presented requests to reform the EU Cohesion Policy, adopted unanimously by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) on 6 May 2026. The opinions call for the policy to continue providing predictable support to all regions, not just the less‑developed ones, and for national investment plans to involve local authorities through multilevel governance assessments. Regions can trigger a ‘subsidiarity clause’ if plans are overly centralised. The proposals also demand that the National and Regional Partnership Plans maintain separate budgets for the European Regional Development Fund, Cohesion Fund, Common Agricultural Policy and the European Social Fund, and that at least 20 % of cohesion, rural and fisheries funding support integrated territorial strategies. A new performance‑based monitoring system is urged to replace the current reimbursement model, with safeguards to ensure territorial cohesion is not harmed.
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