The cut in the cofinancing rate and the reduction in the Cohesion Fund budget for the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) will mean a ‘return to normality’ according to the director of the Policy Directorate at DG Regional and Urban Policy (DG Regio), Eric von Breska, who had come to give details of the proposals for the future cohesion policy to MEPs on the regional development committee (REGI) on Wednesday 20 June.
Several MEPs, including Jan Olbrycht (EPP, Poland), expressed...