On Monday 24 June, 120 regions from 15 Member States announced that they had sent a letter at the end of May to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, requesting a meeting to discuss the future of cohesion policy.
Ahead of the European Commission’s new mandate and the negotiations on the EU’s multiannual financial framework after 2027, the regions in question are stressing the importance of cohesion policy as a tangible, grassroots solution to the EU’s...