Višegodišnji financijski okvir (VFO) za razdoblje nakon 2027., uključujući paket o vlastitim sredstvima

- points out that key priorities such as competitiveness, security, the transition to a low-carbon economy, sustainability and reversing demographic decline are implemented at regional and local level. Competitiveness and cohesion are closely linked. Competitiveness largely depends on municipalities, cities and regions’ ability to manage resources and policies according to their challenges and needs;

- supports the European Parliament's position as expressed in the draft interim report published in December 2025 that the overall funding available for EU programmes (excluding NGEU repayments) should amount to 1.27% of EU GNI;

- urges the Council to swiftly reach an agreement on a basket of new own resources;

- strongly calls for the ‘do no harm to cohesion’ principle to be applied across the board to all funds and programmes and recommends that territorial impact assessments (TIAs), including rural proofing be carried out systematically on all proposals with potentially asymmetric territorial impacts;

- proposes that the CoR and the EESC be involved in the new political governance mechanism;

- supports the ambition of the EP for an increase for National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) as laid out in the draft interim report of the European Parliament on the MFF; calls for a dedicated budget for Cohesion Policy throughout the entire period to preserve the long-term dimension of this policy;

- calls on the Commission to provide detailed clarifications concerning each category of regions, and legal guarantees regarding its intention to introduce effective regional checks, to ensure that local and regional authorities are fully involved in preparing, implementing and evaluating NRPPs, and to create specific safeguards that take account of the development needs of all categories of regions.