On Tuesday, 22 November, the Council of the EU adopted the conclusions prepared by the Czech Presidency on key principles and the future of cohesion policy (see EUROPE B13067A15).
Put to the vote as part of a General Affairs Council (GAC) dedicated to cohesion, these [conclusions] stress the importance of preserving the long-term objectives for the structural funds while insisting on the need to continue simplifying [cohesion policy] (see EUROPE B13064A17). They thus recognised the...