04/05/2018 (Agence Europe) – The French territorial cohesion minister reacted rather coldly in a press release on Friday 4 May to announcements by the European Commission on post-2020 Cohesion Policy (see EUROPE 12013). Jacques Mézard welcomed the overall coverage of the European territory, the maintaining of the European Region Development Funds and the tightening of thematic priorities but notes the 5% reduction in the EU budget earmarked for Cohesion Policy (a reduction that other...