Bialystok, 04/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - European peripheral maritime regions speak with one voice in their defence of a decent budget for Cohesion Policy, despite the line taken by their central state in the talks on the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF, five-year budget plan). They voice two main concerns to the EU decision-makers - cuts in the Structural Funds on the one hand and the phasing out of transition regions on the other - and urge their national governments to work to...