On Thursday 14 March in Strasbourg, the European Parliament deemed that there “must be” a real-terms increase in the overall budget allocated to cohesion policy and the share of this policy in the multiannual financial framework (MFF) in relation to the 2021-2027 programming period.
In adopting (433 votes in favour, 36 against and 51 abstentions) the report by Andrey Novakov (EPP, Bulgarian) on cohesion policy 2014-2020 and lessons to be learned for the post-2027 period, Parliament...