SECTORAL POLICIES / Cohesion

Net contributing member states would be most affected by planned budget cuts, says CPMR

Brussels, 07/12/2017 (Agence Europe)

It is the regions of the net contributor countries that will be most affected by the budget cuts being considered by the European Commission after 2020, according to an analysis published on Thursday 7 December by the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR).

Earlier in the year, the Commission consulted the directorates general responsible for spending to estimate, inter alia, the consequences of budget cuts of 15% (or 26% at 2011 prices: scenario 1) and 30% (30% compared with 2011:...