The negotiation on the future of Interreg (see draft Regulation COM(2025) 552) foresees a single 'Interreg Plan' serving as a framework for all strands of European Territorial Cooperation: cross-border, transnational, Interregional and outermost regions, taking out European Territorial Cooperation from National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRP) (see draft Regulation COM(2025) 565).
The European Commission has proposed a budget for the whole Interreg of €1.062,2 billion (higher than the 2021-2027 period), advocating for geographical continuity of programmes and continuity of management structures as well as for the co-financing rate.
The Interreg Plan will be structured into “geographical chapters”, each corresponding to a cooperation area, with specific objectives, strategies and governance.