Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000599/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Gordan Bosanac (Verts/ALE), Lena Schilling (Verts/ALE), Thomas Waitz (Verts/ALE), Vladimir Prebilič (Verts/ALE)
The Commission recently approved Reform Agendas under the Reform and Growth Facility for Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. Regulation 2024/1449[1], which establishes the Facility, clearly states that investment projects ‘shall be guided’ (Article 4(5)) and ‘must be compatible’ (Article 13(1)(e)) with the ‘do no significant harm’ (DNSH) principle. However, when analysing four of the Reform Agendas (all the above except for Albania), we detected at least 15 environmentally damaging projects that go against the DNSH principle. These include six gas projects proposed by Serbia and North Macedonia that constitute a direct investment of EU funds in fossil fuels (contrary to Article 4(7)) and are in danger of becoming stranded assets in the medium or long term.
- 1.Will the Commission revise its Implementing Decision of 23 October 2024 approving the Reform Agendas and the multiannual work programme under the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans (C(2024)7375)?
- 2.What steps will the Commission take to ensure that future projects proposed by the countries benefiting from the Reform and Growth Facility strictly adhere to the DNSH principle?
Submitted: 10.2.2025
- [1] Regulation (EU) 2024/1449 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans, OJ L, 2024/1449, 24.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1449/oj.