Cohesion Policy is one of the CoR’s key priorities, as is its European territorial cooperation (ETC/Interreg) objective, including four strands for cooperation: cross-border, transnational, outermost, and interregional. Similarly, to the Cohesion Policy, the ETC is continuously under pressure, and underfunded, something the CoR strives to change. This forward looking opinion aims at influencing the EC legislative proposal for ETC post 2027 period for better targeting the regional needs with more flexibility, synergy, complementarity, and local empowerment for rapid actions.