In an own initiative report submitted by Marc Joulaud (EPP, France), MEPs expressed their “serious” concerns about the recent scenarios put forward by the European Commission regarding the future of cohesion policy(see EUROPE 11961) and warn against budget cuts that threaten to exclude many regions from the scope of cohesion policy.
MEPs are instead arguing for,“an ambitious budget capable of meeting the challenges” and call on the Commission and member states not to make cohesion...