Brussels, 28 May (LaPresse) – ‘The energy crisis is real. The proposed solution, however, is not. Treating cohesion funds as an emergency cash machine – yet again – turns investment policy into a political aspirin: temporary relief, chronic underinvestment… and the best part? These funds have already been committed.’ This is what Kata Tutto, President of the European Committee of the Regions, writes in X, referring to the letter sent to EU Member States by Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Cohesion. ‘Cohesion policy,’ she adds, ‘has made a decisive contribution to the EU’s resilience and energy sustainability – and this has been achieved through more than twenty years of stable and growing investment that has enabled regions to improve their energy mix and efficiency. And the just transition: rest in peace.’
Energy, EU regions: ‘Cohesion funds are not an emergency cash machine’
Brussels, 28 May (LaPresse) – ‘The energy crisis is real. The proposed solution, however, is not. Treating cohesion funds as an emergency cash machine – yet again – turns investment policy into a political aspirin: temporary relief, chronic underinvestment… and the best part? These funds have already been committed.’ This is what Kata Tutto, President of the European Committee of the Regions, writes in X, referring to the letter sent to EU Member States by Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Cohesion. ‘Cohesion policy,’ she adds, ‘has made a decisive contribution to the EU’s resilience and energy sustainability – and this has been achieved through more than twenty years of stable and growing investment that has enabled regions to improve their energy mix and efficiency. And the just transition: rest in peace.’
