Brussels, 15/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - The increase in the budget planned for the “European Neighbourhood Instrument”, unveiled by the Commission on 7 December last, together with its cross-border cooperation programmes with neighbouring countries and the Russian Federation, are considered as “merit points” by cross-border and peripheral maritime regions in Europe. Nonetheless, the Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions (CPMR) and the Association of European Border Regions...