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Addressing Committee of the Regions plenary, Johannes Hahn confirms usefulness and effectiveness of cohesion policy

Brussels, 15/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - Karl-Heinz Lambertz (PES, Belgium), who is minister-president for the German-speaking community of Belgium, summarised the confidence that members of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) place in Regional Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn, saying: “We can count on you to put future cohesion policy back on track. You can count on us who are at the frontiers of Europe. In crossborder regions, it is a matter of cohesion policy. The interest of citizens...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
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(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Greek crisis, economic governance and banking tax on agenda for informal meeting in Madrid
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(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Parliament and Council positions on financial supervision package still very far apart
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: How can coordination of economic policies be encouraged?
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Greece wants to discuss aid mechansim not activate it
(EU) EU/TOURISM: Tourism ministers adopt “Madrid declaration” and lay first foundations for genuine European policy in this area
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Sarkozy and Berlusconi call for conditions in which EU may set up border adjustment mechanism to be stipulated in June
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: European Commission allocates €10 million to preparing for disasters in Central America
(EU) EU/TRADE: Russia determined to join WTO
(EU) EU/ENERGY: EU and Turkmenistan agree to look at legal issues on latter's involvement in Nabucco project
(EU) EU/JHA: Washington wants to conclude new Swift agreement soon
(EU) EU/JHA: Eu soon expected to scrap visas for Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: €21 million to tackle cancer
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Move towards strategy on neurodegenerative diseases
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Move to set up Parliamentary commission of enquiry into management of A(H1N1) flu in Europe
(EU) EP/LANGUAGES: Civil association “Queremos Galego” calls for EU support against Galician government
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Work of Committee of the Regions focuses on added value of territorial approach and development of macro-regions
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Addressing Committee of the Regions plenary, Johannes Hahn confirms usefulness and effectiveness of cohesion policy
(EU) EP/SESSION: Commission 2010 work programme, Swift and 2008 budget discharge procedures
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
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