Wolfgang Petzold

Data-driven approaches to map cross-border regions of the EU www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

▶ Today, at 16:30 CET: ECA Member Jan Gregor will present the @euauditors.bsky.social views on the next #MFF package (based on our Review 03/2025, but also including the topic of simplification), at @europarl.europa.eu @juri.europarl.europa.eu’s extraordinary meeting in Luxembourg 🇱🇺.

Quote: The promise of “greater simplification” may hence “be mainly at Commission level, and the administrative burden on member states, regions and beneficiaries may be no lighter."

On the European Fund/the NRPPs, auditors state that “greater simplification” may “be mainly at Commission level, and the administrative burden on member states, regions and beneficiaries may be no lighter".

European Commission suggests to support investments in the EU's eastern border regions ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

What will possibly be the result of the negotiations on the EU budget 2028-2034? Find it out through a simualtion game for schools and universities drive.proton.me/urls/GJ57HZ0... #eucouncil #euco @ep-eprs.bsky.social

The EU's long-term budget: how do member states decide on it? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

#EU #CohesionPolicy hasn’t failed. It has been mis-sold. Framed as compensation rather than #investment, it lost legitimacy, despite evidence of #growth and spillovers.
My new LSEPPR paper shows that a policy of development dressed up as charity struggles.
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Socio-spatial effects on ETS2

What happens in case EU cohesion policy would be executed at national level? Effects would be negative for the development of regions authors say sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📗 The latest ECA Journal is out: EU defence in focus!

Gaston Moonen’s editorial opens this edition, featuring insights from EU representatives, including ECA members, as well as from researchers and auditors.

📖 Read more: www.eca.europa.eu/ECAPublicati...

A new EU agenda for cities ec.europa.eu/regional_pol... map: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/sta...

How "green" is the EU budget 2028-2034? A paper series eu.boell.org/en/new-MFF

The geography of EU discontent revisited: Change of eurosceptical votes in national elections between 2004-2008 and 2020-2023 publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞? 🇪🇺

The EU’s new budget debate isn’t just about money — it’s about power and participation.

By centralising decisions in national governments, the Commission risks sidelining regions and civil society — the very actors who make policies work on the ground.

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#Europe’s future won’t be forged in #capitals alone. It lies in Mainz, Skellefteå or Arteixo. Yet, these places are falling through the cracks: too rich for cohesion, too dull for #innovation strategies. Centralisation is not the #EU’s best strategy
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Cohesion policy 2028-2034 on the rocks? eprc-strath.org/publication/...

Smarter allocations for EU cohesion policy 2028-2034 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...

The (possible) new EU budget 2028-2034 and the regions cpmr.org/wpdm-package...

Level of poverty in EU regions: www.espon.eu/sites/defaul...

The changing geography of public opinion on EU topics www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

How long does it take in different places to pay a mortage of a 75m2 dwelling back if one uses one third of his/her income? Map from the the Committee of the Regions' annual "State of EU Regions and Cities" report: cor.europa.eu/sites/defaul...

Eurostat's Regional Yearbook 2025 out today: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/...

The new EU budget 2028-2034: Will cohesion policy become a case for the history books? Find my views on my Researchgate account (see above)

Preparing for a more performance-based delivery of EU cohesion funds ec.europa.eu/regional_pol...

Should EU cohesion policy be delivered at national level or by regions? The latter, authors argue in this article www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cohesion between EU regions by 2035, study ec.europa.eu/regional_pol...

Ripe for Reform – What’s in the EU Budget Proposal and What Should Come Next On 16 July 2025, the European Commission unveiled its proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2028-35, kicking off what promises to be a highly fraught and marathon set of nego...

The initial fuss over the COM’s MFF proposal has been digested - but the bargaining is only just beginning. In a new policy brief, @nilsredeker.bsky.social, @eulaliarubio.bsky.social, @lindnerjs.bsky.social and I take a closer look at the figures and the direction the negotiations should now take.

The EU budget 2028-2034 proposal: Ambitious as regards its structure, less so on size, says new paper www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati... @delorsberlin.bsky.social