Mange projekter opfylder ikke Kommissionens kriterier. Desuden spiller det en rolle, at hver medlemsstat selv skal være med til at finansiere mindst halvdelen af de europæiske subsidier.
Many projects do not meet the Commission's criteria, and there is also the fact that each Member State has to match at least half of the European subsidy provided, so that in years of budget discipline, the system is clearly much less successful.