[Elisa Ferreira (left) and Nicolas Schmit speaking Brussels, Belgium. Image: European Union, 2022 Source: EC - Audiovisual Service] Thirty years after the creation of the Single Market, Europe’s ...

The debate on the future of cohesion policy has started in earnest. On 24 April Danuta Hübner, the European commissioner for regional policy, unveiled a report on the future of the policy written by ...

It is a policy conveying three ambitions: Solidarity. In the light of the successive enlargements, this has become absolutely essential. The third progress report on cohesion shows for example that ...

The Estonian government recently decided to channel €200 million of unused money from the Cohesion Policy Fund to strengthen the country’s defence capabilities. [Getty Images: gorodenkoff] Cohesion ...

The Council today approved conclusions on cohesion policy, providing a general assessment of its role in fostering regional development in the EU, as well as the main implementation challenges and the ...

The Council discussed the future of cohesion policy after 2020. Ministers focused on a number of key political issues including the following: The priorities for cohesion policy over the next ...

The European Union’s Cohesion Policy represents a cornerstone of its strategy to foster balanced economic growth and social inclusion across member states. Rooted in the principle of territorial ...

European Union Cohesion Policy is the principal mechanism for reducing economic, social and territorial disparities across Member States and regions. Since its formalisation in the Treaty of Lisbon, ...