European Structural and Investment Funds and sound economic governance: guidelines for the implementation of Article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation

The dossier provides guidelines for implementing Article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation, linking the European Structural and Investment Funds to sound economic governance. The amendments express concern that macro-economic conditionality and a sanctions-based system are incompatible with cohesion policy, warning that suspension or reprogramming of payments would harm economically vulnerable Member States and regional authorities, and invoke proportionality, the National Reform Programmes and Parliament's involvement.