Brussels, 17/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - Meeting in Gijón (Spain) on 15-16 February, on the invitation of Vicente Alberto Álvarez Areces, President of the Principality of Asturias, the Political Bureau of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) debated the EU budget, regional policy after 2013, and synergies between regional policy and EU research and development policies. The presidents of CPMR member regions welcomed the creation of the “Seas and Coastal Affairs”...