Fifteen Member States, identified as the “Friends of Cohesion”, adopted a new declaration on Saturday 1 February in Beja, Portugal, with a view to defending the budget for said policy within the negotiating box on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027. They are also calling to limit changes in cofinancing rates and maintaining flexibility in respect of thematic concentrations and transfers between structural and investment funds.
Regarding the budget, the signatories—Bulgaria,...