Budget cuts planned by the European Commission for the next Cohesion Policy could total up to 35% of the current Cohesion Policy budget, removing the future European Social Fund (ESF+) and taking account of the cash allocated to the future Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), explains a memorandum from the Conference of CPMR (Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions) published on Thursday 2 May.
The organisation arrives at a 7% cut, similar to that announced by the Budget Commissioner, by...