The ministers with responsibility for European affairs in the German Länder and the French regions have, in a joint paper on cohesion policy after 2020, seen by EUROPE on Wednesday 31 January, stated their objection to the principle that macroeconomic conditions have to be met as a precondition for the award of European structural and investment (ESI) funding.
The document, adopted on 13 December of last year, sets out in eight points or major principles shared by the French and German...