The majority of the MEPs of the 'regional development' committee (REGI) no longer seem to be opposed to the principle of making the granting of structural funds conditional on compliance with the rules of the Stability Act ('macro-conditionality'), judging from the results of the vote on the own-initiative report on the future of the cohesion policy post-2020, on the sidelines of the plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday 18 May.
The winds have changed in the European Parliament. Whereas...