Cohesion policy, the poor relation of the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council? Frustration was palpable on Wednesday 25 January in the Committee on Regional Development (REGI) when Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs Peter Kullgren presented the Presidency’s priorities.
“It is regrettable that cohesion policy is not mentioned at all [...] in [your] priorities”, said Younous Omarjee (The Left, French) by way of opening.
The Minister’s speech did little more to convince. After...