EP promised passengers that their rights would not move backwards and we didn't give up. Today’s COREPER decision confirms it. The 3-hour threshold is preserved. Compensation is preserved. New rights are added, beyond the status quo. A final vote remains in EP on Monday. ✈️

Today's attack on a crude oil tanker in the Black Sea is yet another reason why Eastern border and Black Sea Member States must receive additional allocation. Thank you @RaffaeleFitto for the talks! The EPP Group is determined to secure NATO's Eastern flank. Defence is regional.

Eye-opening @EUauditors' reports on the next MFF. Thank you ECA Members @MaleticIvana & Alejandro Blanco Fernández for discussing w EPP REGI. Commission’s proposals need to be reworked. @EPPGroup will ensure regions, cities & rural areas hold the pen. Cohesion is EU’s superpower.

The @EUAuditors delivered their opinion on the NRPPs. Our position remains clear: Commissions come & go. Parliaments come & go. Presidents & governments come & go. But regional challenges persist — and so must a strong EU cohesion policy.

Eastern border regions = NATO's Eastern Flank. As of 2028, regional policy will have a security and defence layer. National and Regional Partnership Plans will be strategic - from Finland to Bulgaia and the Black Sea Region. This will be among my priorities.

We have made it clear from the beginning that we will not back down on key passenger protections. Weakening the rules would be a step in the wrong direction. This is a testament to the @EPPGroup's effective leadership on consumer protection issues. @AndreyNovakov

Remember their faces. Those are the @EPPGroup rapporteurs on the #MFF files in the Committee on Regional Development (REGI). We do not make policies in our Brussels offices. People live in rural areas, cities and regions. We meet them there and we talk human language.

It is time to co-write the rules with the regions, cities and rural areas on board. In a world of disorder, EU’s regional policy is a safe haven for communities, cities and rural areas because investment is appreciated when it is needed. #MFF #ReginalPolicy #Cohesion

More money should be invested if fires and floods devastate our regions, if war is raging along NATO’s Eastern Flank and the Black Sea Region, if people need infrastructure and services. EU is cherished and remembered when it is there. #MFF #ReginalPolicy #Cohesion

780 billion euro under the National and Regional Partnership Plans represent EU’s soft power. But the European Parliament needs to ensure that the plans are more regional than national, more cohesive than divisive, more flexible than restrictive. #MFF #ReginalPolicy #Cohesion

Around the table. Where regional parliaments should be when we negotiate the next #MFF. @Calrenet, it was not just a keynote speech but a pleasure for me. Thank you, @ManfredWeber and @TobiasReissMdL!

"We will not allow citizens to be left behind." - EP rapporteur @AndreyNovakov. .@EP_Transport has adopted its negotiating guidelines on changes to EU passenger rights. Learn more ↓ link.europa.eu/MPMkf3

We are committed to finding a fair balance between the interests of the aviation industry and passengers rights. However, we will not compromise on the current levels and fundamental principles of passenger protection. @AndreyNovakov epp.group/f9e9exam

It is time for regional policy to be defined for the regions, by the regions. They should have a 'veto' power on any detrimental reforms. @AndreyNovakov 📰The full text of the EPP Group's position paper is available here: epp.group/3xgtk7qm

Just days before the @EU_Commission's #MFF roadmap, the @EPPGroup sets out key demands on future Regional Policy: 🛑 No centralisation ✅ Strong, separate cohesion funds 📢 Power to the regions Read more: epp.group/177i2f11 @AndreyNovakov

Today @EP_Transport Committee 🗳️voted on EU passenger rights rules ✈️🚄🧳 📽️Statement of Rapporteur @AndreyNovakov and extracts from the vote, available to download ➡️ europa.eu/!MRKpMN

EPP is the Group of regions, cities and rural areas as those are the starting points for economic growth, social prosperity and resilience. #cohesionpolicy epp.group/5xzmnh9f @AndreyNovakov

We will insist on keeping the 3-hour threshold, because we know that raising it would leave thousands of passengers without protection, says @AndreyNovakov MEP. #PassengerRights #EPlenary

Battlefield technology changes every three weeks. In the EU, it would take three years for the procurement of drones. Thank you @ebsummiteurope for hosting me at #EDSS2025.

Joining the panel,  @AndreyNovakov, Member of @Europarl_EN, stressed the urgency of rapid adaptation in defence: “Every three weeks the technology in the battlefield is changing - The union shall adapt very rapidly in this environment” 🛡️⚔️ Staying ahead in defence innovation demands agility, strategic investment, and swift decision-making to navigate emerging threats. #EDSS2025 #EuropeOfDefence #EUSecurity #JoinTheConversation #25YearsofEBS