INTERIM REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2028 to 2034

Tabled by Jonas Sjöstedt, Hanna Gedin, Merja Kyllönen, Jussi Saramo, Li Andersson

Added: 36a. Acknowledges the specific structural challenges hindering development in the northern sparsely populated areas, including remoteness, very low population densities, difficult accessibility, and higher infrastructure and service costs; highlights their strategic role in the European Arctic as the EU’s northern and eastern frontier, and their importance for strategic autonomy and the green transition; stresses that sustaining local communities is vital for the EU and for maintaining a low-tension Arctic; calls, therefore, for the reinstatement of additional financial support, to be reflected in national plans, and for targeted measures addressing their specific constraints through regional chapters;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.221v01-00