SECTORAL POLICIES / Cohesion

CoR discusses whether territorial impact assessments should be compulsory in future

Brussels, 11/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

Committee of the Regions (CoR) member Michael Schneider (EPP, Germany) said at a conference in Brussels on Tuesday 10 April that, through the subsidiarity and proportionality task force set up by the European Commission (see EUROPE 11942), he would ultimately like it to be made compulsory to have a territorial impact assessment carried out before any EU legislative initiative.

In his speech, Schneider, who is also the rapporteur on the opinion on the future of cohesion policy (see EUROPE...