# Right funding mix for Europe’s regions: balancing financial instruments and grants in EU cohesion policy

European Parliament procedure 2016/2302(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee AGRI / BUDG / REGI). Stage: Procedure completed. 303 committee amendments tabled by 53 Members between 2017-01-27 and 2017-02-06.

## What the amendments focus on

An own-initiative report on the right funding mix for Europe's regions, balancing financial instruments and grants in EU cohesion policy. The amendments debate the purpose of financial instruments as catalysts in situations of market failure, their democratic control, transparency, reporting and accountability, allocations from the ERDF, Cohesion Fund and ESF, the role of the EFSI and EIB, delays in programme implementation, and administrative burden for SMEs.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liliana RODRIGUES | Portugal | S&D | 41 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125099.md |
| Bronis ROPĖ | Lithuania | Verts/ALE | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125214.md |
| Ivan JAKOVČIĆ | Croatia | ALDE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124754.md |
| Hannu TAKKULA | Finland | ALDE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28316.md |
| Rosa D'AMATO | Italy | Verts/ALE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124835.md |
| Iskra MIHAYLOVA | Bulgaria | RE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125128.md |
| Viorica DĂNCILĂ | Romania | S&D | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/95281.md |
| Daniel BUDA | Romania | PPE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125012.md |
| Andrey NOVAKOV | Bulgaria | PPE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/107212.md |
| Lambert van NISTELROOIJ | Netherlands | PPE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28165.md |
| Georgi PIRINSKI | Bulgaria | S&D | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124855.md |
| Jozo RADOŠ | Croatia | ALDE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112753.md |
| Steeve BRIOIS | France | ENF | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124757.md |
| Victor NEGRESCU | Romania | S&D | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/88882.md |
| Michela GIUFFRIDA | Italy | S&D | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124864.md |

## Official source documents

- PE597.684: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-597684_EN.pdf
- PE597.736: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/BUDG-AM-597736_EN.pdf
- PE599.633: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/REGI-AM-599633_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2016-2302-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2016-2302-INI.json

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