Brussels, 08/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - The creation of a new intermediate category of regions that qualify for aid from European funds under cohesion policy, which had split the regional affairs committee, indeed causing division within certain groups in the vote on the report by Markus Pieper (EPP, Germany) (see EUROPE 10387), was passed in the plenary session vote on the Garriga Polledo report (see related article).
This issue brought a number of MEPs to their feet in the debate on the...