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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11461

6 January 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) cohesion
Dutch presidency plans pact for urban agenda

Brussels, 05/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - One of the Dutch Presidency's priorities is to adopt a pact defining the contents of the Union's urban policy, at the informal meeting of ministers in charge of urban policy on 30 May in Amsterdam.

The stated objective of the Presidency is to obtain an agreement to enable urban agenda implementation and implementation of a number of partnerships. This Amsterdam pact follows the Riga Declaration adopted in June 2015 (see EUROPE 11333) and marks the high...