Spravodlivá transformácia pre všetky regióny EÚ
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- politika súdržnosti
- Cohesion policy reform
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- klimatické zmeny a energetiku
- energetická transformácia
- zamestnanosť a sociálna politika
- sociálna ochrana
Opinion number:
CDR-0424-2024
Status:
Prijaté
Objective
In this opinion, the CoR aimed to explore different aspects related to just transition (JT) and how the principles underpinning the idea of JT should guide the next programming period of cohesion policy funds and more broadly the Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034.
Impact
The opinion has fed directly into the Just Transition Platform’s work. The 2025 “Future of Just Transition” Working Group discussion paper repeatedly cites the CoR opinion (including on the territorial/place-based approach) and lists it among key inputs shaping recommendations for the 2028–2034 MFF.
The opinion has contributed to shaping sectoral advocacy—especially in automotive regions. Following adoption, the Automotive Regions Alliance echoed the opinion’s call for a targeted EU funding and technology-neutral approach to avoid competitiveness losses during the transition.
The opinion has broadened the conversation beyond coal. Marsilio’s rapporteurship pushed to expand JTF support to other hard-hit sectors (e.g., automotive and suppliers)—a point taken up in various policy discussions and coverage.
The opinion has been cited in academic/policy literature. Subsequent analyses of regional transition policy cite the opinion as a benchmark for regional needs and competitiveness concerns.
The opinion has contributed to shaping sectoral advocacy—especially in automotive regions. Following adoption, the Automotive Regions Alliance echoed the opinion’s call for a targeted EU funding and technology-neutral approach to avoid competitiveness losses during the transition.
The opinion has broadened the conversation beyond coal. Marsilio’s rapporteurship pushed to expand JTF support to other hard-hit sectors (e.g., automotive and suppliers)—a point taken up in various policy discussions and coverage.
The opinion has been cited in academic/policy literature. Subsequent analyses of regional transition policy cite the opinion as a benchmark for regional needs and competitiveness concerns.
Essential points
THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
- stresses that the European Union is facing a twin transition towards digitalisation and decarbonisation, which is having both profound repercussions and potential opportunities on the way in which we live, work and do business. This is combined with the demographic crisis which seriously jeopardises the promotion of the objectives set out in the Treaties;
- stresses that not all territories begin from the same starting point and that they have different strengths, vulnerabilities and administrative capacities to address the twin transition; calls, therefore, for specific and targeted actions to support the most vulnerable areas on the basis of neutral indicators, defined at European level, which may include all types of transition-related challenges, from coal regions to automotive regions and others;
- stresses that the decision to reach climate neutrality in the EU by 2050 entails asymmetric territorial impacts, especially in regions with energy-intensive industries and other sectors, resulting in job losses and the need to radically change the economic and development model in those regions. These structural changes need to be addressed with specific EU support to ensure a fair transition, including continued support to regions currently in transition;
- calls on the European Commission to present a proposal to ensure a robust cohesion policy in the future. This new cohesion policy will have to include a strong transition component and bonus allocations, in addition to the ordinary cohesion policy allocations, to support transitioning regions that are dependent on strategic greenhouse gas-intensive industrial sectors with a large pool of specialised workers (such as the automotive industry);
- notes that various manufacturing and market-driven challenges could make it hard for European car manufacturers to reach the stricter CO2 emission targets for their fleets to come into effect in 2025 (93,6g/km instead of 115,1g). In order to allow more time to reach conditions to boost production of zero-emission vehicles and to allow car-makers to overcome the current fall in market share of zero-emission vehicles, we urge the European Commission to consider a more gradual approach and consider an earlier review of the relevant legislation, still in 2025, to provide European automakers with sufficient time to adjust.