What Dragoş spoke about.

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, natural disasters are no longer a threat to the future, but the reality that hits Europe every year. Drought, fires and extremely low river levels have affected many Member States, including Romania. The low level of the Danube has had serious consequences for agriculture, energy production and transport, and the drought has put increasing pressure o

Mr President, dear colleagues, first of all I would like to congratulate and thank the two colleagues, the two rapporteurs, Mrs Tavares and Mr Siegfried Mureșan. Regional development policy is the main instrument of structural investment and the basis of European Union solidarity. Today, however, this essential instrument is under pressure and is gradually at risk of being marginalised or even dil

Mr President, dear colleagues, thank you all for your interventions. With the provisional agreement on the mid-term review of cohesion policy, we are sending a clear message to all Europeans: The European Union remains responsive and united in the effort to combat disparities and promote balanced development in all European regions, and cohesion policy is flexible and able to adapt to the new real

Mr President, Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto, dear colleagues, cohesion policy is the basic pillar of European solidarity, being the concrete expression of our common commitment to reducing disparities and promoting balanced development in all regions of the European Union. Today we are at an important moment for regional development policy, and the mid-term review offers us a unique oppo

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, cohesion policy is the European Union's main long-term investment tool and the foundation for a more resilient, inclusive and competitive Europe. I note with concern that regional development policy is increasingly under pressure and for this reason, as Chair of the REGI Committee, I call for a strong budgetary allocation for cohesion policy, compa