Assessment of Connecting Europe Facility

The paper assesses the first two years of Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), taking into account its initial backloading in 2014-2015 as per 2013 agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020, as well as the evolution and the new priorities since the MFF agreement. It provides key information on the CEF, summarises the programme’s performance to date, discusses the budget cuts, and presents conclusions on the basis of the assessment.