In a press release published on Wednesday 30 May, responding to the European Commission's proposal, the Cohesion Alliance as expressed grave concerns at the budgetary cuts anticipated by the Commission for the post-2020 cohesion policy.
The calculations of experts from various regional organisations, chief amongst them the Committee of the Regions (CoR), suggest a reduction of 10% in real terms, rather than 7% as the Commissioner for the Budget, Günther Oettinger, announced. These estimates...