Name: EC Midday press briefing of 02/07/2026
Uploaded: 2026-07-02T10:48:08+00:00
Duration: 310 s

EC Midday press briefing of 02/07/2026

2 juillet 2026

Sommaire mis à jour le 2 juil. 2026

Euronews Serbia asks whether media reports are correct that Western Balkans funds may be reallocated towards frontrunner countries because others failed to meet reform deadlines, prompting the Commission to outline the context of the Western Balkans Growth Plan. The Commission stresses that the reform and growth facility is performance-based, notes 78% of reforms show achievement or progress, and frames the discussion in terms of conditionality for disbursements.

European Commission jeu. 2 juil. 2026 Commission européenne

00:00 - 00:33

Intervenant 8

Thank you. It's Vladimir from Euronews Serbia. It's about enlargement for Guillaume if it's possible. There are media reports about the EU plans to reallocate the Western Balkans funds in the favor of the frontrunners because the other countries failed to implement reforms by the end of June. So my question is, is that possible?

Thank you.

00:33 - 00:35

Intervenant 1

Thank you. Guillaume.

00:35 - 01:24

Intervenant 9

Good afternoon. Thank you for the question. This will allow me actually to explain a bit where we stand in the process when it comes to the Western Balkans growth plan because I think we need to clarify a bit. So first, it's really important to mention that actually this reform and growth facility is a performance-based instrument, meaning that partner countries, Western Balkans partners need to do the reforms in order to get funding in return. So far, since we have launched this Western Balkans growth facility, we have seen meaningful progress actually in the previous request for payment.

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