Brussels, 23/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - Less than two months after enlargement, the European Commission on Wednesday approved the economic and social development programmes in favour of each of the new Member States, under the Structural Funds (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.11). The new development programmes, including the cohesion fund, provide for the Union's contribution of over 24 billion EUR between 2004 and 2006.
"In a particularly formal and symbolic ceremony, we have just signed the...