8. The right funding mix for Europe’s regions: balancing financial instruments and grants in EU cohesion policy - Future perspectives for technical assistance in cohesion policy (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report on the right funding mix for Europe’s regions: balancing financial instruments and grants in EU cohesion policy [2016/2302(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Andrey Novakov (A8-0139/2017)

Report on future perspectives for Technical Assistance in Cohesion Policy [2016/2303(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Ruža Tomašić (A8-0180/2017)

Andrey Novakov and Ruža Tomašić introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Daniele Viotti (rapporteur for the opinion of the BUDG Committee).

The following spoke: Corina Crețu (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Miguel Viegas (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Maria Spyraki, on behalf of the PPE Group, Liliana Rodrigues, on behalf of the S&D Group, Hannu Takkula, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Martina Michels, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bronis Ropė, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Rosa D'Amato, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Zoltán Balczó, non-attached Member, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Andrea Cozzolino, Mirosław Piotrowski, Iskra Mihaylova, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tibor Szanyi, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, who also replied to a blue-card question by Stanislav Polčák, Jakop Dalunde, Raymond Finch, who declined a blue-card question from Franc Bogovič, and Eleftherios Synadinos.

IN THE CHAIR: Pavel TELIČKA
Vice-President

The following spoke: Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, Momchil Nekov, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, Ángela Vallina, Krzysztof Hetman, Georgi Pirinski, Martina Anderson, Franc Bogovič and Viorica Dăncilă.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Andor Deli, Nicola Caputo, Ivana Maletić, Julie Ward, Stanislav Polčák, Maria Grapini and Victor Negrescu.

The following spoke: Corina Crețu, Andrey Novakov and Ruža Tomašić.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 18.5.2017, item 11.5 and minutes of 18.5.2017, item 11.6.