Our last update post regarding the new EU financial framework and 2021-2027 programming is now several months old. What has happened in the meantime? For you in this new post, a content-rich update.
Almost everyone is familiar with the main political news of the last few months: a new European Parliament was elected at the end of May, and it took several months for the approval and appointment process of the new Commission. You can find a full explanation of how it works here, and an interesting summary infographic here.
The delay in the appointment and start of work of the new European Commission was caused by the non-confirmation of some candidates by Parliament and complications related to “Brexit” (the UK’s failure to appoint a Commissioner). Now, as of last November 27, we are ready to go!
The future president of the European Commission was in fact elected on July 16, but her team (including all the members in pectore of the new Commission) has just received approval from the European Parliament. The new team constitutes the political leadership of the European Commission and will serve for 5 years, until 2024: thus, it is the team that will accompany the launch and the first phase of the new EU funds programming period 2021-2027!
The preparation and approval of the 2021-2027 EU budget have not had any noticeable developments in recent months, but there are sure to be major changes as soon as all the new institutional bodies of the European Union are fully operational. While we wait, here are some interesting updates and complementary details for you!
Perhaps not everyone knows that.
- … you can follow on the European Parliament’s website the process of analysis and approval of the European Commission’s newly appointed candidates (with a summary provided on the Commission’s website)
- … the “elected president” of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has long presented a political program and delivered a keynote address to the plenary session of the European Parliament on July 16
- … a new speech by the “President-elect” was delivered last November 27 at the Commission election (you can find the text of the speech here, video and photos of the event here)
- … the European Commission continued to prepare the ground for the approval of the new financial framework ( summary here and a more updated version of the document here)
- … discussion has meanwhile begun at the national level, for the preparation of the Partnership Agreement on the Structural Funds 2021-2027 (a description of theentire process here)
- … some documents related to the future framework of Structural Funds in Italy are already available: the European Commission’s 2019 Country Report and the Italian government’s preparatory document
See you soon with new updates!
