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Follow-up to the European Parliament non-legislative resolution on the implementation of territorial development (CPR, Title III, Chapter II) and its application in the European Territorial agenda 2030

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Rapporteur: Marcos ROS SEMPERE (S&D / ES)

SUGGESTIONS

Reference number: 2023/2048 (INI) /A9-0420/2023 / P9_TA(2024)0010

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development calls on the Committee on Regional Development, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions into its motion for a resolution:

Date of adoption of the resolution: 16 January 2024

A. whereas Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union states that the Union must aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions, paying particular attention to rural areas, which face the urgent challenges of demographic decline and ageing, especially affecting EU farming populations, along with rural abandonment, lack of or poor access to public and private infrastructure and services, including in particular high-speed broadband connections, digital infrastructure, mobility, healthcare and social services, and education and training, as well as low incomes and fewer job opportunities and the rising costs of running a farm;

Competent Parliamentary Committee: Committee on Regional Development (REGI)

B. whereas women play a crucial role in rural development and in the social fabric of rural areas, maintaining and improving rural livelihoods and strengthening rural communities, and must be regarded as drivers of sustainable development; whereas the significant contribution that women make to local and rural development is not sufficiently reflected in their participation in the corresponding decision-making processes, given that women in rural areas are often under-represented in decision-making bodies;

Brief analysis/ assessment of the resolution and requests made in it:

C. whereas the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the energy crisis and Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine have contributed to exacerbate important difficulties in the proper functioning of the entire agri-food chain, which is one of the main drivers of rural development; whereas rising energy prices and inflation across Europe are hitting rural areas particularly hard, especially regions with geographical specificities and the outermost regions, where it is most difficult to achieve cohesion policy objectives;

The resolution stresses that, in the 2014-2020 period, only 28 % of strategies for sustainable urban development were implemented through integrated territorial investments (ITIs). The Parliament calls for take action to encourage the use of such tools to develop the Territorial agenda 2030 (TA2030) in particular through stepped-up communication activities and to reinforce LEADER/community-led local development (CLLD) by increasing its budgetary envelope. The Parliament calls on the Commission and the Council to earmark funding for rural areas and regions that suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps. It calls on the Commission for an effective implementation of the partnership principle. It also stresses the need to simplify the administrative management of funds.

D. whereas the digital and green transitions, if they are implemented fairly and do not leave anyone behind, offer opportunities for stronger, connected, resilient, innovative and prosperous rural areas in the long term; whereas an up-to-date digital infrastructure is a precondition for digital and smart farming solutions and hence the success of the green transition, as well as a key enabler of competitive small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in rural areas; whereas SMEs play a particularly important role in rural areas as employers, as facilitators of the diversification of farm income and as sponsors of social and cultural life, and therefore help to make rural areas more attractive to young people; whereas, however, despite recent improvements in high-speed broadband connectivity, only 59 % of households in rural regions have access to broadband, compared to 87 % of the households in the EU;

The Parliament calls on the Member States and the Commission to promote the implementation of the TA2030 beyond pilot actions and calls on the Commission to develop monitoring indicators linking the TA2030 and the use of Cohesion Policy funds, in particular the European Regional Development Fund. The resolution stresses the need to design programmes that take all territories into account, including metropolitan, urban and functional areas; to design LEADER in such a way that it can be used by small cities and to simplify access to funds by identifying ‘one-stop shops’ for potential beneficiaries of EU ITI or CLLD projects. The Commission is called to strengthen the territorial dimension of the European Semester, to connect the experience gained in the implementation of the TA2030 with the future Cohesion Policy and the recommendations of the High-Level Group on the Future of Cohesion Policy and to explore new ways of raising further awareness on their rationale and of substantially increasing the use of ITIs and CLLDs, also by potentially earmarking a percentage to be used in the post-2027 Cohesion Policy framework.

E. whereas the European Territorial Agenda 2030 calls for the territorial dimension of sectoral policies to be strengthened at all governance levels;

Response to requests and overview of actions taken, or intended to be taken, by the Commission:

F. whereas it appears that in regions and administrative units where LEADER is implemented, a mandatory Local Action Group (LAG) manager helps improve the performance and absorption of regional funding and development; whereas cohesion policy gives preference to urban areas; whereas, furthermore, many investments in rural areas not directly related to agriculture, such as the construction of public roads, investments in sewage systems, setting up non-agricultural businesses, etc., are largely financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and not by the Cohesion Fund;

(Paragraph 1) In the 2021-2027 period, the Cohesion Policy regulations provide dedicated territorial policy objective ‘Europe closer to citizens’ and the possibility to choose between one or several of the three tools for integrated territorial strategies (ITI, CLLD or other (national) tool) responding to specific needs of Member States or regions. Almost all Member States have programmed support for place-based investments under the above objective (ca. EUR 19 billion) and twenty Member States use Integrated Territorial Investments with EUR 23 billion planned support from Cohesion Policy funds - mostly in functional urban areas, but also in cities and urban neighbourhoods, rural areas, mountain and island regions. About half the Member States plan to support community-led local development with more than EUR 1.6 billion. Nineteen Member States have planned more than EUR 14 billion for ‘other territorial tools’ implemented in both urban and rural areas. The Commission supports the use of territorial tools by different means, such as the publication of handbooks dedicated to integrated territorial development (see reply in paragraph 36 below), creating a database of integrated territorial development strategies (e.g. Strat-Board database) and has supported the provision of information and examples of territorial strategies and tools. Information on Cohesion Policy instruments and place-based approaches is regularly exchanged also in the context of the dedicated expert group for Territorial Cohesion and Urban Matters as well as by means of the participation of Commission services in the intergovernmental cooperation on TA2030.

G. whereas rural areas should be attractive places to do business and play a key role in ensuring EU food security; whereas the long-term Vision for the EU’s Rural Areas aims to improve rural quality of life, achieve balanced territorial development and stimulate economic growth in rural areas; whereas the role and importance of rural areas is often under-appreciated, insufficiently rewarded and funded;

(Paragraph 2) The Commission agrees on the valuable contribution of the instruments, such as community-led local development, that foster more local action. The Commission encourages the Member States to fully use the possibilities provided in the legal frameworks of Cohesion Policy, maritime and fisheries, and common agricultural policy for a multi-fund approach to local development. The Commission agrees that the Local Action Groups must have clear responsibilities in the framework of LEADER/CLLD multi-level governance and notes the need for inclusive Local Action Groups as decision making bodies. In the present legal framework, a list of tasks exclusive to the Local Action Groups is identified, which reinforces their autonomy. The Commission fully supports the need for simplification and actively promotes the use of simplified costs options as a mean to achieve it.

H. whereas the diversity of the EU’s rural areas calls for locally designed responses and solutions corresponding to each territory’s specific needs and possibilities, and strategies should address rural areas according to their individual characteristics and in relation to their environment, using, among other tools, the rural proofing mechanism;

(Paragraph 3) The Commission is finalising its evaluation of LEADER. The results will be based, among others, on the findings from the evaluation support study on the costs and benefits of LEADER, and largely reflect qualitative evidence on the added value of LEADER. Some of the preliminary recommendations from the evaluation of LEADER are already implemented under the Common Agriculture Policy 2023-2027 in particular the recommendations aimed to better demonstrate the added value of LEADER. The Commission encourages the Member States to focus the LEADER/CLLD interventions on areas with highest added value and supports LEADER/CLLD in these endeavours via national and EU rural development networks.

I. whereas rural communities are exposed to greater damage from climate change, more frequent adverse climate events such as storms, floods and droughts, and the consequences of biodiversity loss, and experience greater costs associated with climate transition;

(Paragraph 6) The Commission recalls that Cohesion Policy contributes to the development of all types of territories and the Cohesion Policy legal framework has been designed to offer several possibilities for addressing the specific needs of EU territories. For example, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 Article 10 pays specific attention to the challenges of disadvantaged regions, in particular rural areas and areas suffering from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps. Such targeting can be done in the programmes across all policy objectives. In addition, the new cross-cutting policy objective 5 (‘A Europe closer to citizens’) provides a flexible and adaptable framework to tackle territorial and local challenges through targeted strategies using ITI, CLLD or tools supporting initiatives designed by Member States. A specific targeting for various types of regions based on actual needs can be done by programme authorities across all policy objectives. The Commission takes note of the call to earmark funding for rural areas and regions that suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps. However, it is too early for the Commission to share a position on any specific elements of the Cohesion Policy framework for post-2027.

J. whereas sustainable farming and forestry management, which includes environmental, economic and social sustainability, provides decent work and livelihoods, protects ecological systems and biodiversity, and also enhances climate and risk resilience;

(Paragraph 7) The partnership principle is one of the corner stones of Cohesion Policy. All relevant stakeholders need to be involved in the design and implementation of Cohesion Policy programmes, including integrated territorial development strategies in line with the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) Articles 8 and 29 respectively.

1. Recalls that small, medium-sized and family farms play a special role in the EU agricultural system and are essential to ensuring food security and ecosystem services for European citizens; stresses that small, medium-sized and family farms and SMEs have a positive impact on social cohesion in these areas, providing employment opportunities and helping to maintain local populations;

(Paragraphs 9 and 11) The Commission acknowledges the suggestions of the resolution concerning simplification. A number of simplifications and flexibilities were introduced for the 2021-2027 period as regards the programming and implementation of integrated territorial instruments such as the same basic requirements for all territorial and local strategies in the regulation including a specific role for the territorial authority or body without an intermediary body status, a dedicated and thematically flexible Policy Objective 5 ‘Europe closer to citizens’ and the possibility to compose integrated territorial strategies within any policy objective by using territorial tools.

2. Stresses that a fair and dignified income and quality of life for citizens and their families in rural areas is essential to ensure social progress and successful territorial and local development; insists on the need to ensure decent working and living conditions and social protection, in particular for young farm workers and migrant workers in the EU regions;

The Common Provisions Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 was adopted to improve the coordination and harmonise the implementation of support from Funds under shared management, with the main aim of simplifying policy delivery in a coherent way. The CPR sets out a series of common general objectives and general principles such as partnership and multi-level governance common to all Funds. It also contains among other points the common elements of strategic planning and programming, sets out a common approach to the performance orientation and common provisions for CLLD. Moreover, broad specific objectives allow Member States to define their programmes indicating the most appropriate means for achieving those objectives. A variety of measures identified by the Member States in their programmes may be supported under the Fund specific regulations and the CPR.

3. Stresses the importance of improving policy coherence and implementing a rural proofing of future EU integrated territorial development and other relevant initiatives to assess the coherence and complementarity of EU policies and their potential impact on rural areas, thus effectively preventing rural depopulation and facilitating generational renewal, equal access to high-quality essential services and job creation in rural areas; stresses the importance of the rural proofing mechanism also when Member States assess the impacts of proposed legislation in rural areas; underlines the importance of involving local and regional authorities in the definition and implementation of rural proofing mechanisms, as well as in their governance at both European and national levels, to combat transport-related social exclusion and to improve the territorial accessibility of the areas concerned in order to improve cross-border and rural-urban cooperation, access to broadband internet and adequate services, particularly health and education, as well as the diversification of the rural economy and the revitalisation of rural areas, increasing the attractiveness of these areas, as well as ensuring a sustainable future for these communities;

(Paragraph 19) Since the launch of the first Territorial Agenda pilot actions in 2020, the Commission has facilitated the implementation of these joint actions of several Member States and partners by ensuring linkages to relevant European Union policy initiatives and contributing to the awareness of key territorial issues and challenges. The Commission will continue to take part in the discussions within the governance structure of intergovernmental cooperation on Territorial Agenda 2030.

4. Welcomes the European Economic and Social Committee’s proposal to promote a Europe-wide Charter of rural/urban rights and responsibilities; is also convinced that more cooperation with urban areas is needed to ensure that no area or citizen is ‘left behind’ in the just transition to a climate-neutral, sustainable and prosperous European Union, striving for a rural and urban commitment to a fair approach and showing the added value of rural and urban organisations working together;

(Paragraph 21) The Partnership Agreements under the CPR outline the planned use of European Union funds in the Member States, and the regulation provides a common basis for integrated territorial strategies under the European Union funds. The managing authorities in shared management can effectively reinforce and facilitate coordination and cooperation.

5. Welcomes the acceleration of the digital transformation in the agricultural sector and rural areas; draws attention to the exclusion of small farms and the outermost regions from these developments, and points to the need to take measures to ensure that the digital transformation also benefits all; notes in particular that a need exists to manage the risks of dependency and over-indebtedness for small farmers;

(Paragraph 22) The Commission agrees with the relevant role of businesses in territorial strategies, such as in Cohesion Policy supported sustainable urban development strategies focused on innovation eco-systems, green economy or tourism, and partners in smart specialisation strategies. The managing authorities in shared management are responsible for ensuring these collaborations.

6. Emphasises that achieving the objectives of the cohesion policy in rural areas should always involve a compromise between environmental, economic and social objectives, which are vital for the well-being of current and future generations;

(Paragraph 27) The Commission is promoting TA2030 in Cohesion Policy implementation. It should also be stressed that all the Cohesion Policy Funds and all the 2021-2027 policy objectives are making relevant contribution to TA2030 implementation, including through investments in green and just transition.

7. Reiterates the need for full integration of the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas in the current and future multiannual financial framework and common agricultural policy (CAP), ensuring adequate funding, without prejudice to other CAP budget headings, in order to ensure complementary and coherent support for rural areas at all levels of territorial development; underlines the need to ensure heightened cooperation between local, national and European authorities when developing and implementing agricultural policy in such a way as to take into account the diversity of Europe’s rural areas, as well as the disparities between the levels of their development;

(Paragraph 31) The Commission acknowledges the importance of all territories. Under shared management, the Member States have the possibility to address the needs of different territories in their respective programming documents. Aligned with Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the ERDF Regulation (recital 46) also stresses the need for territorial development to be based on integrated strategies in urban and rural areas and to pay attention to urban-rural linkages.

8. Calls for the inclusion of Territorial Agenda 2030 (TA2020) objectives in the legislative instruments and operational programmes of the cohesion policy funds; welcomes the TA2030 pilot actions that have been developed and calls on the Member States and the Commission to continue investing in these actions and to coordinate them with initiatives linked to cohesion policy and rural development;

(Paragraphs 32, 35, 38 and 41) The Commission agrees on the need to raise further awareness on the rationale of territorial tools, also taking into account the need for flexibility and adaptability of the policies in the management of European Union funds. Most Member States have made use of the new policy objective 5 Europe closer to citizens in their 2021-27 programming, which provides the possibility for dedicated urban focused integrated strategies and strategies dedicated to other territories such as rural areas, islands or mountain areas, delivered through specific territorial tools. Support to place-based instruments even in the absence of earmarking is significant in Cohesion Policy. It is currently too early to discuss concrete elements of the post-2027 proposals such as the suggested mechanism for earmarking in this context. The Commission, however, takes note of this suggestion from the European Parliament.

9. Underlines the necessity to ensure a more balanced development of EU regions by ensuring better distribution of EU funds, including CAP support within and between Member States; emphasises that it is impossible to achieve sustainable and long-term territorial development if support is allocated to different regions based on historical data;

(Paragraph 33) A midterm stocktaking of TA2030 is being carried out in 2024. It will review the governance, the implementation and relevance of the priorities to address current challenges and achieve the goals of territorial cohesion.

10. Highlights the role that agriculture plays in achieving the Union objectives of food security, sustainable growth, social inclusion and combating climate change, while helping to diversify agricultural production, preserve biodiversity and develop local economies;

(Paragraph 36) The Cohesion Policy is implemented in shared management with the Member States, where the responsibility for implementation lies with the programme authorities. To facilitate capacity building, planning and implementation of integrated territorial development the Commission carries out a broad range of activities, which amongst others include specific handbooks: the Handbook on Sustainable Urban Development Strategies and the Handbook on Territorial and Local Development Strategies, providing strategic planning and methodological support, information on how to use European Union funds and territorial instruments, and practical examples. To further improve access to information especially for rural actors, the Commission has also launched a Rural toolkit, an online guide to different European Union funding and support opportunities for rural areas. Moreover, the availability of technical assistance under Cohesion Policy programmes provides Member states with further possibilities to foster effective and efficient implementation of funds in line with their specific needs. Through the European Urban Initiative implemented in indirect management, the Commission offers dedicated support for the implementation of sustainable urban development covering cities of all sizes.

11. Calls on the Commission to provide the TA2030 with direct implementation instruments;

(Paragraph 39) The European Semester is an important reference point for the planning and delivery of Cohesion Policy. Therefore, the Commission has taken steps to reinforce the territorial dimension of the European Semester. The country reports include an analysis of economic and social performance at regional level, identifying disparities between regions. The Commission seeks to improve this analysis within the European Semester wherever possible, because a good understanding of the regional disparities and dynamics is in many cases necessary for the EU, the Member States and their regions to effectively address the challenges they face. Multi-level governance and partnership, including the involvement of regional and local stakeholders, are among the key features of Cohesion Policy. This enables Cohesion Policy to successfully tackle national challenges and regional needs, while also making a difference in areas, which are a joint priority for the entire European Union.

12. Underlines the potential of the LEADER community-led local development method (CLLD) to engage rural communities in local action groups for the preparation and implementation of targeted local development strategies, to keep and restore living and thriving local rural economies, and the need to keep a sufficient level of funding for LEADER; calls on the Member States to make full use of LEADER’s capacities in terms of developing solutions to address economic, social and development challenges in rural areas across the EU; calls on the Member States to support CLLD, including LEADER, encouraging participation in LAGs and ensuring their effective autonomy in terms of composition and decision-making; considers that further development of the development method and CLLD funding tools would contribute to stronger integrated strategies and more sustainable, resilient territorial development; stresses, in this regard, the need for a meaningful earmarking of assistance for CLLD under all relevant funds at EU level, similar to that in the EAFRD;

13. Calls on the Commission to use the results of the 2024 evaluation report for the 2014-2020 programming period, as well as the results and experiences of implementing EAFRD LEADER to support programmes for the period 2021-2027; calls on the Commission, when preparing the new programming period, to consider the possibility of providing financing measures in the LEADER programme that would encourage the renewal of generations in rural areas;

14. Stresses nonetheless that the Commission should continuously evaluate the costs and benefits of LEADER in order to ensure that the risk associated with the potential misuse of distributed funds is reduced to a minimum, while ensuring that the programme effectively facilitates local engagement and that the administrative requirements must match the size and structure of the local community to ensure that they do not create avoidable obstacles for new initiatives;

15. Calls on the Commission to improve the close cooperation and integrated use between EU funding instruments such as the Cohesion Funds, the EAFRD, the CAP and the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument, as well as with national instruments, in order to deliver local development strategies and to maximise the impact and efficiency of investments in rural development; points to the importance of facilitating and promoting the use of multi-fund approaches to support the implementation of integrated projects for inclusive and sustainable rural development;

16. Calls on the Member States to make effective use of the various funding opportunities, also with a view to improving the prospects of SMEs, given their major role in generating employment in rural areas, and calls on the Commission to monitor and assess whether its support reaches rural areas and benefits their communities; calls for the development of partnerships in all economic activities in rural areas, between businesses of all sectors, local authorities, researchers and services based on innovation, knowledge sharing and cooperation;

17. Notes that the instability in the agricultural markets in the EU and across the world caused by Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is a particular challenge for the cohesion policy and for European solidarity, as it is destabilising the farming sector and increasing the risk of widespread economic stagflation, which will further exacerbate the current wealth disparities between the various countries and regions of the EU;

18. Emphasises the role of e-services, mobile service solutions, private-public partnerships, social enterprises, the cultural and creative industries, the accessibility of education and healthcare; as well as cooperatives, to help provide the necessary services for rural areas and act as a key factor for rural socio-economic development;

19. Draws attention to the need to also factor into the equation the development of other economic sectors, such as agri-tourism and cultural tourism, in rural regions in Europe, in order to revitalise rural areas;

20. Calls for the improvement of affordable public transport services and infrastructure such as railways, roads and charging and refuelling stations in rural areas to support e-mobility solutions in order to fight the digital and transport divide between urban and rural areas; highlights, therefore, that it is essential to provide the necessary funding for the development and maintenance of transport links, as this could encourage the older generation to stay longer in agriculture and attract young people from regional centres to work in rural areas;

21. Draws attention to the continuing conflict of interest in some rural and suburban areas between the financing of cohesion policy and agricultural policy objectives, and calls on the Commission to make an appropriate distinction, in line with the Treaty, between funding for rural areas under the CAP and under the cohesion policy, taking into account the objectives of each of these policies as laid down in Articles 39 and 174 of the Treaty;

22. Calls for the improvement of the level of digital skills and the availability and affordability of adequate digital infrastructure, and the capacities to effectively deploy digital technologies, such as digital service platforms, in rural areas;

23. Stresses that women in rural areas can be agents of change in moving towards the objectives of the TA2030, contributing to a just and green Europe that offers future prospects, protects common livelihoods and shapes societal transition to sustainable agriculture; points out the importance of creating an enabling environment for women entrepreneurs in rural areas, including legal and policy aspects, to ensure better access to information, knowledge and skills, as well as to facilitate access to financial resources and thereby create more jobs in rural areas; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to develop and implement measures to combat gender inequality; recalls that in the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy Framework, gender equality and a gender perspective must be included and promoted throughout all stages of the process to prepare, implement, monitor and evaluate cohesion programmes;

24. Is convinced that the continuing lack of internal and external alignment as regards direct CAP payments is undermining the cohesion policy’s long-term objectives, especially in the poorest and least developed areas;

25. Reiterates the need to urgently strengthen EU policy regarding mitigation and adaptation to climate change, also in the light of the growing trends of extreme weather events in the last few years and months in the EU; highlights, in this context, the need to step up the level of ambition and quantity of the present and future pilot projects within the objective ‘Greener Europe’ and its first priority ‘Healthier environment’;

26. Calls for greater effort in enabling rural residents to take part actively in policy and decision-making processes, involving a broad range of stakeholders at all levels of governance in order to develop tailor-made, place-based and integrated policy solutions and investments;

27. Notes that more and more people are choosing to live in cities and work in rural areas; calls on the Commission to design programmes which take all territories into account, including metropolitan, urban and functional areas; encourages the Commission to design LEADER in such way that it can be used by small cities;

28. Emphasises the essential economic role played by agriculture, forestry and fisheries; calls for the further development of the short supply chains, quality schemes, producer organisations and cooperatives which contribute to increasing the sustainability of European food production;

29. Emphasises that generational renewal is the key to the social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural areas and EU food autonomy and the future of agriculture, and must therefore remain a high priority in territorial development plans and strategies; stresses the need to account for the needs of small and medium-sized farm holdings, and to focus on attracting young farmers in particular, preventing land abandonment and facilitating land access and access to credit;

30. Stresses the significance of circular and bio-economy principles, as well as their application within the agricultural sector, in contributing to the realisation of the objectives set out in the European Green Deal; encourages the enhancement of the understanding and implementation of circular and bio-economy principles within the European agriculture and food system.

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INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN COMMITTEE ASKED FOR OPINION

Date adopted

16.11.2023

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Members present for the final vote

Mazaly Aguilar, Clara Aguilera, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Benoît Biteau, Franc Bogovič, Daniel Buda, Isabel Carvalhais, Asger Christensen, Dacian Cioloş, Paolo De Castro, Jérémy Decerle, Salvatore De Meo, Herbert Dorfmann, Luke Ming Flanagan, Dino Giarrusso, Martin Häusling, Martin Hlaváček, Krzysztof Jurgiel, Jarosław Kalinowski, Camilla Laureti, Gilles Lebreton, Norbert Lins, Marlene Mortler, Juozas Olekas, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Anne Sander, Petri Sarvamaa, Sarah Wiener

Substitutes present for the final vote

Asim Ademov, Ladislav Ilčić, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Substitutes under Rule 209(7) present for the final vote

Adrian-Dragoş Benea, Lydie Massard, Ville Niinistö

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