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?Question for written answer E-002225/2020to the CommissionRule 138Jo?o Ferreira (GUE/NGL)Subject:Cohesion funds returning to higher-income Member States The EU’s cohesion policy instruments – particularly the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund – have proved insufficient to foster genuine economic, social and territorial cohesion within the EU – the promised convergence process – and have failed to prevent greater divergence, with brutal consequences, particularly since the creation of the single currency.Cohesion policy funds, which account for a falling percentage of the EU budget, are not exclusively paid to lower-income countries. In addition to benefiting directly higher-income countries, these funds also end up indirectly boosting their exports, since the single market rules and the resulting investment lead to increased demand for production goods from the richest countries. Some of the funds they pay into the EU budget therefore return to their economies, a reality that undermines the concept of so-called ‘net contributors' to the EU budget.Does the Commission have any studies or up-to-date information concerning the amount of cohesion funds returning to countries known as ‘net contributors' to the EU budget. ................
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