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Own-initiative report First reading

Ninth report on economic and social cohesion

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 8 May 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 28 November 2024
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 9 April 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 15 April 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 8 May 2025
  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
Jacek PROTAS PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Sérgio GONÇALVES S&DTamás DEUTSCH PfEFrancesco VENTOLA ECRĽubica KARVAŠOVÁ RenewRasmus ANDRESEN Verts/ALEKathleen FUNCHION The LeftIrmhild BOSSDORF ESN
For opinion
AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Veronika VRECIONOVÁ ECR

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 TA10-0098/2025 8 May 2025 ✦ Parliament's resolution on the ninth report on economic and social cohesion insists that cohesion policy keep its regional, place-based approach and calls for robust funding post-2027, with at least current levels in real terms.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0066/2025 15 April 2025 ✦ The resolution responds to the Commission's ninth report on economic and social cohesion, setting out Parliament's position on the future of cohesion policy after 2027.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (REGI) 16 December 2024 ✦ This draft report responds to the Commission's ninth report on economic and social cohesion. It insists that cohesion policy keep its regional, place-based approach and calls for solid funding, simpler rules, and flexibility for regions.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: decimal separators are changed from points to commas. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: Expands the role of cohesion policy in EU objectives and adds details on its economic impact. Adds new recitals on rural development, absorption rates, development traps, urban challenges, and external border regions. Adds new paragraphs calling for more funding, flexibility, simplification, and attention to specific regions. Adds a letter from the Agriculture Committee with suggestions on rural areas and fund access. see the changes →

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. 8 May 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 8 May 2025 📄 Report A10-0066/2025📄 Adopted text TA10-0098/2025
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 392 Against 125 Abstained 55

    Final vote on the motion for a resolution at 13:10 · 69% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  3. 5 May 2025 Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 5 May 2025 📄 Report A10-0066/2025
  4. 15 April 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0066/2025
  5. Committee stage
  6. 9 April 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  7. 19 March 2025 Committee opinion adopted

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

    📄 AGRI-AL-767902
  8. 7 February 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of REGI (Regional Development) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (REGI)
  9. 16 December 2024 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (REGI)
  10. 28 November 2024 Referred to the REGI (Regional Development) committee

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