Position papers
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EAPB Position Paper on Housing
State aid, Sustainable finance 18 March 2025The affordable housing crisis requires immediate, coordinated action. EAPB calls for urgent reforms to state aid rules, investment frameworks, and EU financial instruments to unlock funding for social and affordable housing.
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EAPB Proposals for Cohesion Policy Reforms
Capital markets 6 February 2025Cohesion Policy represents the central instrument of the EU strategy for promoting balanced and sustainable development. However, critical administrative and structural barriers persist, significantly affecting the policy’s final impact.
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Common Statement on the Future of Cohesion Policy
Capital markets, State aid 4 December 2024Our associations and networks believe that Cohesion Policy has been an important instrument in promoting regional development across Europe, while also contributing to the green and digital transitions. Particularly, we would like to emphasize the fundamental role played by many of our members in the implementation of this funding, relying on our strong presence within local economies.
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Joint Statement: Finance sector calls for co-legislators to reassess the Retail Investment Strategy in light of the European Commission's competitiveness goals
Capital markets 2 December 2024In light of this and the need to urgently advance a Savings and Investments Union, it is essential to subject the Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) to a “competitiveness check”. As it currently stands, the RIS will not achieve its initial goal of increasing retail participation in European capital markets.
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EAPB position on future of cohesion
Development, State aid 28 October 2024EAPB is pleased to be able to give our comments for the further improvement of economic cohesion of the current framework and the future of Cohesion Policy for the upcoming programming period of 2028 - 2034. EAPB member organizations have been key actors in the precedent programming period (2014 –2020), having been involved in the implementation of the ERDF (10 members), the ESF (7 members), cohesion funding (3 members) as well as the EAFRD (6 members).
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