Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000831/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Esther Herranz García (PPE)
Under the NextGenerationEU programme, Member States have committed to funding public infrastructure works aimed at establishing low-emission zones and ushering in the sustainable and digital transformation of urban transport.
During the implementation period of the projects, it came to light that some proposals would lead to duplication or could cause greater harm than the improvements set out to be achieved and it was therefore decided not to implement them. As a result, some municipalities have come forward as being open to refunding the share corresponding to measures with which such issues have been identified, without prejudicing the implementation of the rest.
However, some national governments are demanding repayment of the full amount of aid, since it is not possible to repay only the part corresponding to the projects that have not been implemented. This has a negative impact both on those projects that have been implemented and on municipal coffers.
- 1.Are there any EU rules requiring full reimbursement or preventing the reimbursement of NextGenerationEU funds only for the part corresponding to unimplemented projects?
- 2.Does the Commission interpret NextGenerationEU funds in such a way that the Member States are to regard the funds received by the municipalities as a single, indivisible fund which does not take account of the various projects to be carried out under those funds?
Submitted: 25.2.2025