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Establishing the European Fund for Regional Development including for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg) and the Cohesion Fund as part of the Fund set out in Regulation (EU) […]  [NRP] and establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to regional development from 2028 to 2034

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands: In committee: REGI (Regional Development) is preparing the report (draft published 13 July 2026).

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 23 October 2025
  2. 2 Committee work REGI (Regional Development) preparing the report
  3. 3 Tabled for plenary
  4. 4 Plenary vote
  5. 5 Negotiations with the Council
  6. 6 Published as law
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. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
REGI — Regional Development
Rapporteurs
Pascal ARIMONT PPEMarcos ROS SEMPERE S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
Klara DOSTALOVA PfEDenis NESCI ECRRaquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE RenewRasmus ANDRESEN Verts/ALEKathleen FUNCHION The LeftIrmhild BOSSDORF ESN
For opinion
ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur Jana NAGYOVÁ PfEEMPL — Employment and Social Affairs · rapporteur João OLIVEIRA The Left

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

Committee draft · latest Draft report (REGI) 13 July 2026 ✦ This is the rapporteur's draft report on the proposed regulation setting up the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund for 2028 to 2034, including European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg).

Committee opinions: Opinion (ENVI),Opinion (BUDG),Draft opinion (ENVI),Opinion (EMPL),Draft opinion (EMPL),Draft opinion (BUDG)

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. Committee stage
  2. 16 September 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

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

    📄 Amendments in committee (REGI)
  3. 10 September 2026 EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (EMPL)
  4. 7 September – 8 September 2026 Amendments tabled in committee (3 batches)

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

    📄 Amendments in committee (REGI)📄 Amendments in committee (REGI)📄 Amendments in committee (REGI)
  5. 15 July 2026 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (BUDG)
  6. 14 July 2026 ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (ENVI)
  7. 13 July 2026 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (REGI)
  8. 23 October 2025 Referred to the REGI (Regional Development) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) give an opinion.