Opinion on Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges (2025/0085(COD) - COM(2025)0164 – C10-0064/...

European Parliament 2024-2029 Committee on Regional Development The Chair 25.6.2025 Ms Li Andersson Chair Committee on Employment and Social Affairs BRUSSELS Subject: Opinion on Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges (2025/0085(COD) - COM(2025)0164 – C10-0064/2025) Dear Ms Andersson, Under the procedure referred to above, the Committee on Regional Development was asked to submit an opinion to your Committee. At its meeting of 9 April 2025, REGI committee decided to send the opinion in the form of a letter. It discussed the matter at its meeting of 13 May 2025 and adopted the opinion at its meeting of 25 June 20251. The Committee on Regional Development: 1. Underlines the crucial role that cohesion policy and sectoral programmes, in spite of the fact that they are not crisis management instruments, have repeatedly and efficiently played in helping regions to respond effectively to emergencies and asymmetric shocks such as the COVID-19 crisis, Brexit, the energy crisis and the refugee crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as natural disasters; 1 The following were present for the final vote: Dragoş Benea (Chair and rapporteur for opinion), Nora Mebarek, (Vice-Chair), Pascal Arimont, Fredis Beleris, Gordan Bosanac, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Daniel Buda, Andrzej Buła, Andi Cristea, Valérie Deloge, Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral, Klára Dobrev, Ruth...