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Cohesion Policy Investments on the Rise – 2019 ESI Funds Data Sets Published

The cohesion policy financial data from the end of 2019 provided by national and regional programmes shows that the total volume of decided projects has risen nearly EUR 80 billion to EUR 439 billion (91% of all planned investment) in 2019.

date:  26/02/2020

The realised investment spending reported by those projects has risen EUR 62 billion to EUR 181 billion (more than 37% of all planned investment) in 2019. Check the cohesion policy funds’ specific details on the fund specific pages. 

In relation to the tracking of investment in climate action, the detailed thematic reporting shows that some EUR 52 billion of the EUR 56 billion of EU budget financing planned for climate action has been allocated to decided projects (92% -  up EUR 8 billion from 2018), with realised spending of EUR 18.4 billion (33% - up EUR 7.4 billion from 2018).  Check this data story for more details on progress with climate action .

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The European Semester is about helping Member States to identify the reforms needed to ensure a thriving economy and sound finances. To execute these reforms, Member States may need to invest, and the EU funds - in particular the Cohesion Policy funds - can be of great support.