“The latest news from Brussels and the European Commission is not reassuring and confirms our concerns, both in terms of fund governance and the financial volume devoted to cohesion policy for the next programming”, affirms the regional council of Reunion in a press release released on July 21.
The future post-2027 multiannual financial framework of the European Union setting priorities from 2028 to 2034 is in fact the subject of heated discussions within European bodies.. “The risk of a renationalization of regional policy, combined with an overall drop in funds allocated to cohesion policy, poses a serious threat, had already declared Huguette Bello, president of the region, during the plenary assembly of June 26. Concretely, it is the survival of future European operational programs for the post-2027 period that is on the table. » In this context, On July 10, she sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to highlight the consideration of the particular situation of the outermost regions.
