Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000832/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Tomas Tobé (PPE), Lukas Mandl (PPE), Hildegard Bentele (PPE), Andrzej Halicki (PPE), Rosa Estaràs Ferragut (PPE), Ondřej Kolář (PPE)
It is a geopolitical imperative for the EU to deliver on the Global Gateway strategy in order to secure strategic partnerships with non-EU countries that safeguard and promote the values, interests and objectives of the Union. This is a matter of urgency given the rapidly changing global landscape. As the President of the Commission stated in January 2025, ‘we have entered a new era of harsh geostrategic competition’ in which ‘the world’s major economies are vying for access to raw materials, new technologies and global trade routes’[1].
The 2025 Commission work programme outlines an ambition to bring Global Gateway from start-up to scale-up. Furthermore, the Commissioner for International Partnerships has been tasked with putting in place effective and visible tracking and reporting of Global Gateway, including the mobilisation of private funding and measuring the impact and results of investments[2]. However, the concrete actions that will be taken to realise these aims have not yet been specified.
With this in mind, we would like to ask the Commission the following:
- 1.What concrete actions does the Commission intend to take in 2025 to take Global Gateway to the next level?
- 2.How and when does the Commission intend to put measures in place to track and report on Global Gateway projects?
Submitted: 25.2.2025