Following the first day of the 'Competitiveness' Council on Thursday 27 September, the Commissioner for the Single Market and Industry, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, reiterated the importance of reinforcing the link between the 'European Semester' budgetary process and the Cohesion Policy to tackle regional disparities and increase competitiveness.
In the press room, the Commissioner referred to the discussions concerning the competitiveness check-up in Europe, this time given over to the...