The Modernization of European Cohesion Policy

Author(s): Peter Becker
Publisher(s): Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
Date of publication: May 2009
Issue number: 7
Pages: 34
Series: SWP Research Papers

Description: Cohesion Policy has become one of the European Union's central policy concerns since the mid-1980s. But this Community policy is subject to unyielding pressure to adapt and reform. Hardly have the principles, objectives, funds, priorities and administrative procedures been agreed for one funding period, than the next reform debate begins.

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