The net contributor member states of the European budget will be able to enjoy benefits, thanks to an amendment made to the definition of transition regions proposed by the European Commission for the next European budget, according to a study carried out by the Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions (CPMR) published on Friday 2 March.
The authors of the study explain that if the member states select scenario 1 (maintaining the cohesion policy budget at its current level, with the...