Press Release: Commissioner Crețu marks important milestones to start the flow of EU regional investments

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Series Details IP/14/2041 (21.11.14)
Publication Date 21/11/2014
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Corina Crețu, Commissioner for Regional Policy announced on the 21 November 2014 the adoption of strategic programmes that paved the way for EU investments in hundreds of cross-border and regional projects in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

The first of Europe's cross-border cooperation or INTERREG programmes – worth some €444 million, between Germany and the Netherlands would mainly invest in making the region's SMEs more innovative and helping create a greener economy in the Dutch-German border region.

The first of the UK's regional operational programmes unleashed an investment package worth €406 million and €1.8 billion respectively to East Wales and to West Wales and the Valleys.

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