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Role of cohesion policy in supporting the just transition

TA-10-2025-0186 · P10_TA(2025)0186 · PE769.954

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Parliament's resolution on the role of cohesion policy in supporting the just transition calls for measures to help regions and workers affected by the shift to a climate-neutral economy. It urges the creation of special JTF economic zones, better education and training, quality jobs, and a continuation of the Just Transition Fund after 2027.

Key points

  1. Calls for special JTF economic zones in areas hit by site closures, with priority funding for nearby locations and social criteria like unemployment.
  2. Urges swifter planning and tax incentives in these zones, including for islands, to boost local economies and jobs.
  3. Demands funding for training and apprenticeships, especially for women, youth, and marginalized groups, and integration of green and digital skills.
  4. Calls for measures to attract teachers, improve their pay and conditions, and assess training investments.
  5. Stresses coordination between JTF, ESF+, and ERDF for worker reskilling, and regional focus of ESF+.
  6. Urges alignment with regional innovation strategies and prioritization of affected areas in JTF project selection.
  7. Calls for vocational training and reskilling programs for affected workers, and inclusion of automotive sector in just transition.
  8. Proposes local skills councils, monitoring of apprenticeships, and affordable housing programs in transition regions.
  9. Calls for temporary JTF funding to compensate wage differences, a quality jobs roadmap, and social contracts for sectors in transition.
  10. Urges simplification of JTF procedures, stronger role for local authorities, and support for community-led projects.
  11. Calls for continuation of JTF as 'JTF II' post-2027 with own budget, and better allocation criteria focusing on NUTS 3 regions.

Who is affected

  • Regions and workers affected by industrial closures and the green transition, including coal and peat regions.
  • Islands and outermost regions, facing structural disadvantages and climate impacts.
  • Local and regional authorities, who are to have a stronger role in JTF governance.
  • Voluntary and community groups, which may benefit from simplified funding and relaxed state aid rules.

Figures and deadlines

  • over 10 % of the EU's GDP from tourism
  • 2,3 million SMEs in tourism
  • approximately 12,3 million people employed in tourism

Legal basis: Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty on European Union; Articles 4, 9, 151, 153, 162, 174 to 178 and 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union