The Commissioner for Cohesion Policy and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, told ministers responsible for cohesion policy at an informal meeting in Rouen on Tuesday 1 March that she and her staff were considering introducing more flexibility into the structural and investment funds to help those Member States most affected by the wave of refugees caused by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
At the press conference, Commissioner Ferreira recalled that cohesion policy is primarily a long-term policy for...