Policy Goals

 

Data note:

The figures are estimates based on the primary objectives of EU programmes and, where applicable, programme-specific climate spending targets. Overarching horizontal spending targets and later reporting on actual climate and biodiversity spending are not represented.

Some programme components contribute simultaneously to more than one primary objective and are counted towards several goals. For example, “Connecting Europe Facility – Digital” contributes to both infrastructure and digital transformation, while also being subject to a 60% climate spending target. As a result, amounts for different policy goals overlap and should not be added together, since this would lead to double counting. 

In some cases, programme amounts are divided between policy goals. For example, the non-earmarked amount under the 2028–34 National and Regional Partnership Plans is split equally between “cohesion & social goals” and “resilient agriculture & food security”, as Member States can decide flexibly how to use it.

 

MFF version-specific assumptions:

The European Parliament position does not yet include a detailed breakdown for some programmes. In these cases, the Navigator uses only the programme’s overarching objectives, not those of individual components or policy windows. The data will be updated as more detailed programme breakdowns become available.

During the implementation of the MFF 2021–27, flexible funds and budget margins were used for different policy goals. In the MFF 2021–27 (estimated implementation (2025)), they are counted under those goals rather than under flexibility. This is why the amount shown for “flexibility and crisis response” is relatively low in that version.