A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi

Positive developments but clarification needed with regard to keeping common agricultural and cohesion policies as pillars of future EU

In principle, keeping the EU common agricultural policy and regional cohesion policy - but revising them to make them more efficient - is agreed upon. In the last issue of this publication, this column provided a report on the vision of cohesion policy expressed by Danuta Hübner, president of the Parliamentary committee in charge of this dossier. Although she clearly and effectively supports this policy, she has, at the same time, acknowledged the fact that its shortcomings need to be...