Following his election on Wednesday 10 July, the new chairman of the Committee on Regional Development (REGI), Younous Omarjee (EUL/NGL, France), met representatives of the Committee of the Regions (CoR), including its president, Karl-Heinz Lambertz.
Removal of macroeconomic conditions, general simplification of funds, maintenance of the principle of partnership in programme development, combating budget cuts were some of the key priorities of the new chairman of the REGI Committee. “We...