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Cohesion Policy: €393 billion already committed to investment projects in the EU

  • 03 September 2019
Cohesion Policy: €393 billion already committed to investment projects in the EU

The overall volume of investment allocated to projects in the real economy has increased by around €90 billion from June 2018 to June 2019. Currently the share of the Cohesion Policy budget for 2014-2020 committed to projects stands at 81% of the total available of €485 billion. At the same time, payments to projects have reached 29.4% of the total budget, or €143 billion. Hungary, Cyprus, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Portugal have the highest rates of Cohes

The overall volume of investment allocated to projects in the real economy has increased by around €90 billion from June 2018 to June 2019.

Currently the share of the Cohesion Policy budget for 2014-2020 committed to projects stands at 81% of the total available of €485 billion. At the same time, payments to projects have reached 29.4% of the total budget, or €143 billion.

Hungary, Cyprus, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Portugal have the highest rates of Cohesion Policy investment allocated to projects. The Netherlands, Cyprus, Finland and Sweden are the best performers in terms of payments.

The data is regularly updated on the ESIF Open Data Platform.

 

This table represents the financial implementation progress of all ESI Funds:

Source: European Structural and Investment Funds: EU Overview Finances: Implemented