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Cohesion policy 2014-2020 – implementation and outcomes in the Member States

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 14 March 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 12 July 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 14 February 2024
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 21 February 2024
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 14 March 2024
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
REGI — Regional Development
Rapporteur
Andrey NOVAKOV PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
André ROUGÉ IDMEP #33997 S&DMEP #197541 ECRSusana SOLÍS PÉREZ RenewMEP #197506 Verts/ALEMEP #120478 The Left
For opinion
AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Norbert LINS PPE

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0174/2024 14 March 2024 ✦ Parliament's resolution reviews how cohesion policy 2014-2020 was implemented and what it achieved in the member states. It finds positive results in research, small businesses, energy efficiency, employment, healthcare and cross-border cooperation, and notes the policy's role in responding to recent crises.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0049/2024 21 February 2024 ✦ This is a committee report on the implementation and outcomes of cohesion policy in 2014-2020, with a motion for a resolution. It finds that cohesion policy brought positive results in many areas but that implementation was slow, and it sets out recommendations for the future cohesion policy after 2027.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (REGI) 10 November 2023 ✦ This draft report by the Committee on Regional Development takes stock of cohesion policy in 2014-2020 and sets out recommendations for its future. It finds that the main funds provided EUR 449 billion, that payments started late and were slow, and that absorption reached 77% at the end of 2022.

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 14 March 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 14 March 2024 📄 Report A9-0049/2024📄 Adopted text TA9-0174/2024
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 433 Against 36 Abstained 51

    Final vote on the motion for a resolution at 12:39 · 83% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  3. 13 March 2024 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 13 March 2024 📄 Report A9-0049/2024
  4. 21 February 2024 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A9-0049/2024
  5. Committee stage
  6. 14 February 2024 Committee vote: report adopted

    REGI (Regional Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  7. 7 December 2023 Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 AGRI-AL-754980
  8. 10 November 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in REGI (Regional Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (REGI)
  9. 12 July 2023 Referred to the REGI (Regional Development) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) gives an opinion.