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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10490

8 November 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/regions
Outermost Regions want EU funding maintained - Hahn reticent

Brussels, 07/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - The outermost regions (ORs) are fearful of the EU's reducing the money its pumps in to compensate for their structural disadvantages (mobility deficit, unemployment of close to 25%, etc) recognised in Article 349 of the Treaty. Regional Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn has sought to provide reassurance but convincing the presidents of the Outermost Regions, meeting in their 17th Conference in Martinique on 4 November, however, has proved difficult. The...

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