At the European Summit of Regions and Cities on Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 March in Mons, Belgium, the European Committee of the Regions defended a robust Cohesion Policy post-2027 and called for regional policy to remain a fundamental pillar of the EU’s development model and the core long-term decentralised investment policy of the future EU budget (see EUROPE B13344A6).
Elisa Ferreira, the European Commissioner for Cohesion, defended a “strong” cohesion policy and pointed out that...