The European Commissioner for Cohesion Policy, Elisa Ferreira, presented, on Wednesday 25 January, her harnessing talent mechanism(see EUROPE B13101A15) to the European Parliament’s Committee on Regional Development (REGI). Aimed at EU regions suffering from an accelerated decline in their working age population, it has been welcomed, although with some caveats.
“I welcome the initiative, but I would be even happier if there were some fresh funding inside”, said Andrey Novakov (EPP,...