InvestmentsThree in five Europeansagree that EU fundingshould be availablein ALL regions

Most of them think the EU should give priority to regions…Citizens want the EU to invest in…

This matches the funding prioritiesfor the period 2021-2027.

… education,health or socialinfrastructures

91%

… theenvironment

90%

… with highunemployment

69%

… deprived urban areas

54%

… remote rural ormountain areas

52%

2010 2013 2015 2017 2019

4752 53 53

58

AwarenessEuropeans believe thatEU-projects have a positiveimpact on their lives

More and more people are aware of EU projects in their own regions…

… Awareness of EU-funded projectsis above 60% in 9 member states

7677

75

78

81

2010 2013 2015 2017 2019

SHARE OF RESPONDENTS AWARE OF EU PROJECTSWHO SAY THEY HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT

34%2010

34%2013

34%2015

35%2017

82%

Poland

77%

Slovakia

75%

CzechRepublic

68%

Malta &Croatia

67%

Latvia

66%

Slovenia

63%

Hungary

61%

Lithuania40%2019

The Europe we are building togetherEuropean regional policy

CanaryIslands

10%

The European Unionbeyond Europe: themost known outermost regions

Source: Flash Eurobarometer 480

11 33Martinique6%

FrenchGuiana

5%

Guadeloupe5%

Réunion5%

Madeira4%

Azores4%

Mayotte1%

1%Saint Martin

22

Cooperation around the Adriatic & Ionian Sea 32%

Croatia

15%

Slovenia

11%

Greece

8%

Italy

Cooperation aroundthe Danube26%

Romania

23%

Bulgaria& Croatia

21%

Austria

19%

Hungary

18%

Slovakia

16%

CzechRepublic

13%

Slovenia

11%

Germany

Cooperation around the Alpine Area25%

Austria

17%

Germany

16%

Slovenia

15%

France

15%

France

5%

Italy

Cooperation aroundthe Baltic Sea 61%

Finland

50%

Sweden

47%

Estonia

39%

Poland& Latvia

31%

Lithuania

21%

Germany& Denmark

21%

Germany& Denmark

Level of awareness for the member states involved in each macro-region

BALTICSEA

ADRIATIC& IONIAN

SEAS

BLACKSEA

MEDITERRANEANSEA

NORTHSEA

Regional cooperation

Outermost regionsLevel of awareness

GovernanceImportant decisions about EU regional funding are to be taken close to the citizens

Europeans supportthis decentralised

governanceDECISIONS ABOUT

EU REGIONAL POLICYSHOULD PRIMARILY

BE TAKEN AT…regional

level

31% 25% 22% 17%

locallevel

nationallevel

EUlevel