​On 4 September, the REGI committee in the European Parliament discussed the draft report of MEP Arimont on the future of Territorial Cooperation/Interreg after 2020.

Nanette Maupertuis, member of the Executive Council of Corsica and CoR rapporteur, took part in the discussion. She expressed concerns about the 1,8 billion budget reduction to ETC and the radical changes proposed by the European Commission to its tradition components. Despite the creation of new components for outermost regions and the interregional innovative instrument, the Commission is proposing massive budget cuts for cross border and interregional cooperation and to move cross border maritime projects into transnational programmes.

"There is no justification for cutting programmes that have proved to work and for rendering cooperation between maritime regions more difficult. These cuts go against the principle of territorial cohesion as they would penalise cities who are currently working together, cross border regions that have carried joint projects, islands that by definition are cross border areas. Like, Mr Arimont in his report, we will also ask the budget is restored and that maritime cross border programmes could continue as they are now".