The creation of the €650 billion European recovery instrument to tackle the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic helped the EU to limit the impact of the crisis, but the centralised management of the recovery fund may jeopardise Europe’s economic, social and territorial cohesion and risks increasing disparities within Member States: such is the main message of the opinion drafted by the Mayor of Coulaines, Christophe Rouillon (PES, French), and adopted on Tuesday 8 October at...