A programme set up in the early 2000s when Michel Barnier was the regional policy commissioner was brought up in discussions during a visit by a Committee of the Regions (CoR) delegation to Ireland and Northern Ireland on Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 May, as a possible way of supporting those regions directly affected by Brexit.
The said mechanism was raised by CoR member François Decoster (ALDE, France) in a meeting on the delegation’s first day with Ireland’s European Affairs Minister...