On Monday 17 June, the ‘Network of Capital Cities and Regions’ sent a declaration from 13 EU capital cities and regions (Berlin, Budapest, Brandenburg, Bratislava region, Brussels-Capital Region, Helsinki-Uusimaa region, Île-de-France, Madrid region, Mazovia, Prague, Riga, Stockholm city and region) calling for the specific characteristics of capital cities and regions to be taken into account in the debates on the future of cohesion policy.
These cities and regions are “concerned...