Brussels, 26/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - Cohesion policy and regional aid are central to optimisation of the European structural funds for the forthcoming programming period (€376 billion proposed in the multi-annual financial framework of the EU 2014-2020). On 6 October, the Commission will present a draft general regulation which aims to remodel the cohesion instruments, bringing in new priorities, conditions and performances to finance the regions of Europe efficiently, whilst respecting...