Convention of Marshals Discusses EU Funds for 2028–2034 and Public Transport Solutions

Marshal Piotr Całbecki is taking part today and tomorrow (15 and 16 September) in a meeting of the Convention of Marshals of the Regions of the Republic of Poland, held in Płock in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship. The topics under discussion include the National and Regional Partnership Plan (NRPP), which is to integrate EU funding available to Poland under the 2028–2034 financial perspective, the government’s proposed methodology for allocating EU funds from the new perspective among the regions, as well as a debate on public collective transport. Representatives of the central government are also taking part in the meeting.

According to the assumptions adopted by the European Commission, Poland is expected to be the largest beneficiary of the European Union’s 2028–2034 budget, which is still under negotiation. The European Commission has proposed an allocation of EUR 123 billion for Poland. This amount includes not only funding for projects falling within cohesion policy, in its current form, but also funding for measures under the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy, as well as for defence capability and security objectives.

The Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy is currently working on a strategy for the use of these funds. The European Affairs Committee of the Council of Ministers is expected to consider the strategic assumptions of the NRPP at the turn of September and October. The completed document will most likely be presented by the Polish government to the European Commission in the middle of next year.

At the end of July, the Ministry officially announced that Poland would be able to allocate EUR 79.6 billion to cohesion policy, including the energy transition and measures aimed at improving the competitiveness of the economy. Of this amount, 44 per cent – approximately EUR 35 billion – is to be managed by regional governments. The algorithm for distributing these funds among the regions was a subject of controversy at the beginning of the current 2021–2027 EU financial perspective.

The amendment to the Public Collective Transport Act, vetoed by the President of the Republic of Poland, was intended to be another step towards eliminating transport exclusion. Among other things, it would have required marshals of the regions to integrate passenger transport services – rail and bus services, as well as their links with air transport – and to develop public transport network schemes at county and regional levels.

In vetoing the Act, President Karol Nawrocki referred, among other things, to unresolved issues concerning the financing of the proposed solutions. As a result of the veto, the announced reform of public collective transport has been suspended.

Beata Krzemińska
Spokesperson for the Marshal’s Office

15 September 2026