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  • Publication | 2026
European Parliament REPORT on Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientation
Global Food and Nutrition Security
  • The Global Gateway initiative, launched in December 2021 with a €300 billion budget, is positioned as the EU’s flagship programme to promote sustainable, high‑quality infrastructure worldwide and to strengthen the Union’s geostrategic influence.
  • While the Parliament recognises the strategic importance of Global Gateway, it criticises the programme’s limited transparency regarding funding sources, its top‑down project‑selection approach, and insufficient alignment with the needs of local partners.
  • MEP call for a detailed investigation into reported involvement of Chinese companies in Global Gateway‑funded projects, highlighting the risk that such participation undermines the initiative’s aim to offer a European alternative to China’s Belt and Road.
  • The report recommends that the Commission fully integrate Global Gateway into the upcoming Global Europe regulation (the EU external‑action funding instrument for the 2028‑2034 long‑term budget) to improve financial oversight and coherence with other EU external policies.
  • It stresses the need for a gender‑responsive approach, urging that investments in female empowerment and social capital be prioritised, monitored and reported as both consistent with EU values and economically profitable.
  • Finally, the report urges stronger democratic oversight by the European Parliament, proposing clearer reporting mechanisms, greater stakeholder participation and an independent monitoring body to assess project impact, sustainability and compliance with EU principles.