German MEP ‘reinvents’ regional policy funds

EurActiv Germany reports on the views of Michael Theurer, MEP, the German liberals' spokesman on regional issues in the European Parliament who is demanding an urgent reworking of structural and cohesion funds, with a greater stress of providing aid to SMEs and innovation in the new rules for regional policy after 2013.

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ESO: Background information: Doubts grow over future EU budget for regions http://www.europeansources.info/record/doubts-grow-over-future-eu-budget-for-regions/

ESO: Background information: Regional policy in the EU: A midterm healthcheck http://www.europeansources.info/record/regional-policy-in-the-eu-a-midterm-healthcheck/

ESO: Background information: Regions 2020. An assessment of future challenges for EU regions http://www.europeansources.info/record/regions-2020-an-assessment-of-future-challenges-for-eu-regions/

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