Up to 10% of funds ring-fenced for eastern border regionsExtend cohesion investment to digital infrastructure, connectivity, civil preparedness, resilience and dual-use infrastructureAt least EUR 150 million in dedicated Interreg funding to compensate losses following the suspension of...

Give cities easier access to funding and a stronger role in setting investment prioritiesUse cohesion funding to strengthen climate resilience, urban security and housing affordabilitySecurity-related investment must not replace funding for cities’ socio-economic developmentRegional...

Anticipation, monitoring and vulnerability mappingStronger rescEU capabilityResponse to health emergenciesEnvironment committee and public health committee MEPs want the next EU crisis prevention and response tool to do more to anticipate crises and support recovery. On Thursday, the...

Increased funding with clear earmarks for defined fields and policies: education and training, youth and volunteering, and sportMobility for all to take into account differences in living costs, housing prices and inflationGrants under the new Erasmus+ need to respect EU financial interests and...

Security and Defence Committee MEPs call on the EU to make it easier for smaller companies to play their part in improving the EU’s defence readiness. In a report adopted by the Security and Defence Committee, which looks at ways for new EU defence actors to establish themselves and scale up...

Persistent inequalities in screening and treatmentEarmarked cancer-related funding of at least € 2.5bn neededPrevention should include awareness campaigns, better labelling, and higher excise duties on tobaccoPublic health committee MEPs want dedicated funding, ambitious prevention...

Reduce inequalities in screening, diagnostics, and treatmentVoluntary joint procurement of rare disease medicinesEU-level care pathways to address the needs of children in particularMEPs from the Committee on Public Health want to strengthen EU action on rare diseases with a dedicated law...

The EU funds, worth €2.7 million, would help workers with their training and job-seeking efforts after they were laid off from Galicia’s automotive ancillary industry. MEPs in the Budgets Committee have voted in favour of the Commission’s proposal to unlock €2.7 million in aid from the...

The EU funding, worth €410 310, should underpin measures to help workers learn new skills and look for work. On Monday, MEPs on the Budgets Committee have backed the Commission’s proposal to mobilise €410,310 funding from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers...

On Monday, Economic and Monetary Affairs MEPs held their third meeting of the year with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB). During the meeting MEPs focused their questions on the effects of the energy price shock on inflation and the real economy. They also asked...