Brussels, 29/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - The Committee of the Regions has again appealed for the way the public deficit is calculated within the Stability and Growth Pact to allow for greater flexibility with regard to national and regional co-financing in cohesion policy.
The draft report underpinning this message is quite significant given that it was drafted by Nicola Zingaretti, who is also a president of the Italian region of Lazio. Italy has recently announced that it would waive its...