EUROPEAN COMMISSION REGIONAL AIDS CONSULTATION PROGRAMME – COHESION FUND REFORM

BY KEITH NUTHALL THE EUROPEAN Commissioner for regional policy Danuta Hübner has called on local authorities to comment on broad priorities for European Union (EU) regional aid spending from 2007 to 2013. Speaking in Bristol, during an informal meeting of EU ministers, Commissioner Hübner presented a paper "Cohesion Policy and cities: the urban contribution to growth and jobs in the regions" setting out how the European Commission wants to deliver growth, jobs, social harmony and a better environment through its regional aid. Priorities include ...


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