Balkans: EU Action

(asked on 29th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many EU development projects they support in the Western Balkans; and what plans they have to support such projects after January 2021.


Answered by
Baroness Sugg Portrait
Baroness Sugg
This question was answered on 9th November 2020

The UK contributes towards EU development projects in the Western Balkans, through the Heading IV section of the EU's 2014-2020 Multi-Annual Financial Framework Budget (MFF). Over the 2014-2020 MFF, the EU has allocated funding totalling around €6.5 billion for the Western Balkans, and the UK has contributed on average approximately 12.5% towards the costs of these programmes.

The Withdrawal Agreement commits the UK to continue to make payments to the EU from 01 January 2021, as part of the UK's Reste-a-Liquider (RAL) contributions to the EU budget. We anticipate that this will include continued funding to support programmes in the Western Balkans until approximately 2025. The UK will not be contributing to EU programming under the 2021-2027 MFF.

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