Memo: Statement by Commissioner Johannes Hahn at the General Affairs Council: Member States must urgently find deal with European Parliament on Cohesion Policy Reform

Addressing EU Foreign and Europe Ministers on 30 September 2013 at the General Affairs Council in Brussels, Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn said Member States and the European Parliament must bridge their differences on the reform of cohesion policy ahead of critical talks later that week. Cohesion policy reform will align the structural funds much more closely with the priorities of the EU's 2020 growth agenda.

ESO: Background information: Europe's strengths are in its regions http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-europes-strengths-are-in-its-regions/

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