In a speech on the future of cohesion policy delivered in Bratislava on Thursday 15 September, Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu acknowledged that implementation of cohesion policy was not as fast as it should be and she expressed concern at the possible consequences of such a situation just as talks are opening to chart the future course of the policy.
The commissioner could not have been clearer in the opening sentences of her speech: cohesion policy will be put under great...