Czechia supports the inclusion of defense in EU cohesion policy after 2028

The defense sector is elbowing into the EU and, as already announced, it also takes a share of cohesion funds. And as explained by the European Commissioner for Cohesion Policy, Raffaele Fitto, on the occasion of the mid-term review, it is no coincidence that it is among the five new priorities towards which to reprogram funds. “A choice, not an imposition,” he would like to clarify. But the theme remains central to the debate on the changes mad…

This story of unitary collective rearmament, or of the European army, is a clear rhetorical transfiguration of the concept “it must not be done...

The initiative, announced by the vice-president of the European Commission Raffaele Fitto, aims to reallocate European funds to respond to “emerging challenges”. Defense and affordable housing are two of the challenges identified. The Commission wants new programs to work as early as 2026.

The EU Commission “is giving Member States and regions the opportunity of the mid-term review to adapt their current programmes to invest in priority areas, including defence, according to the needs of their territories. This is what we are doing,” said the Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Raffaele Fitto, in Strasbourg. “It is on a voluntary basis and respects the differences we have in each territory and it is up to the EU S…

Czechia supports the inclusion of defense in EU cohesion policy after 2028

Brussels – Cohesion policy should continue in the most robust form possible in the next programming period starting in 2028, and it should also include funding for defense projects. This was stated by the Czech Minister for Regional Development Petr Kulhánek after today’s meeting in Brussels. On Thursday, the minister also met with Commissioners Dan Jørgensen, who is responsible for energy and housing, and Apostolos Tzitzikostas, who is the Comm…