Cohesion and progressivity: the Multiannual Financial Framework and Just Transition

The legislative proposals on the new Multiannual Financial Framework and the Just Transition Fund pose a threat to the fundamental objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion and solidarity among member states. They also contravene such values as equality, democracy and the rule of law, enshrined in the treaties of the European Union, which constitute the contrat social among the peoples of Europe.