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EU Commissioner Jacques Barrot at Committee of the Regions'plenary session : "The Commission will keep its promises ...
"Europe stands at a crossroads. It can retain a strong cohesion policy or one reduced to handouts and charity. The Commission will stick to its promises but we will need to present weighty arguments to support our case". This is what EU Commissioner for regional policy, Jacques Barrot, said to the Committee of the Regions (COR) on 16 June 2004.
Addressing the COR plenary session, Jacques Barrot pledged to stand up to those arguing in favour of cutbacks to the EU budget (Germany, France, Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden and Austria have called for the EU budget to be reduced ...
Cohesion policy - 18.02.2004
Adoption of Third Cohesion ReportContact
Marine Gaudron
Advisor - Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion, Local Finances
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