Brussels, 20/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - The Irish Presidency of the Council of Ministers has managed to reach an agreement with the Council and European Parliament on the SME competitiveness programme for 2014-2020.
After more than five months of negotiations, an agreement on the COSME programme, proposed at the end of 2011 by the Commission, was finally agreed on Thursday 20 June. COSME will have a €2 billion budget within the EU's general budget, and will replace the IPF to rectify...