In a recent but undated short working document (non-paper), fourteen EU countries considered to be ‘friends of cohesion’ have called for the continuation of a “distinct and robust” budget for cohesion policy in the post-2027 period and a methodology for allocating funds based on regions “reflecting the different development levels of regions”.
This group, comprised of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Portugal,...