— The Head of the Brussel’s office of the Representation of the Government of Galicia to the EU, Ana Ramos, was responsible for opening and moderating a new edition of the ‘Online meetings Xunta-UE’.
— An advisor in the Spain and Portugal unit of DG REGIO, and Ángel Tarrío Tobar, Galician director-general for Cohesion and European Funds, shared their views on the upcoming programming period on the horizon.
Brussels, 9 July 2025. Ana Ramos, opened and moderated a new edition of the ‘Online meetings Xunta-UE’, the forum for dialogue between the Government of Galicia and EU institutions. The European Commission representative outlined the background of cohesion policy, which has been working for over 40 years to reduce disparities between European regions with the goal of achieving balanced economic, social and territorial development. For his part, the representative of Galician Regional Ministry for the Treasure explained how they are reviewing the current ERDF and ESF+ programmes for 2021–2027 within the framework of the mid-term review foreseen in current legislation.
In her remarks, Ana Ramos explained how the European executive is seeking to use this mid-term review exercise to steer investment of resources toward new strategic priorities such as housing, water resilience or defence. She added that this mid-term review becomes a testing ground for approaches and methodologies that will very likely shape the next financial framework from 2028 onwards, for which the legislative proposal is expected next week.
She also stressed that Galicia is following this process very closely, aware that ideas such as grouping cohesion funds into single national plans or management models inspired by the Recovery and Resilience Facility could alter the impact of cohesion policy. Therefore, she emphasised, our region is mobilising in different European forums to defend a strong, well-funded cohesion policy with a clear territorial dimension.