In a briefing paper published on Monday 28 May 2018, the European Court of Auditors provided five indications it believes could help improve the effective simplification of post-2020 cohesion policy.
Cohesion policy is the EU's biggest investment programme and has a budget of €350 billion for the 2014-2020 period. The Commission has forecast a 10% reduction in the budget for the 2021-2027 tax year, according to the most recent forecasts (see other article).
On Tuesday, the Commission will...