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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8140

31 January 2002
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/regional policy/enlargement
Commission calls for cohesion policy not to be limited to poorest - Report confirms that disparities double with enlargement

Brussels, 30/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - "With enlargement, inequalities will be the greatest and the most serious, and there will therefore be a greater need for cohesion policy", Commissioner Michel Barnier told the press, presenting the interim report on cohesion adopted on Wednesday by the European Commission. The report takes stock of the debate on what cohesion policy should be from 2007, in a European Union of 25 to 27 members. It confirms that disparities would double with enlargement...

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