The adoption of the texts governing European Structural Funds and how they are financed until 2013, in my opinion, deserves more emphasis. Europe has confirmed one of the principles justifying its existence: the principle of solidarity. And it didn't do this simply by pouring tens of billions of euros into less developed regions or providing hand-outs to the people there but rather, by confirming at the same time that its support is based on real European policies defined in...