Regional policy

Call for shake-up of EU’s huge regional development fund

The multi-billion euro programme for modernising the EU’s poorest regions is a pile of rules, forms, and duplication. “We became more complicated and more complex every time we spoke about simplification,” concedes EU Regional Commissioner Corina Creţu. “We cannot justify it”
13 Jul 2017

SMEs: regional policy to the rescue?

After the proposed Small Business Act, now it’s the turn of the European Commission’s wealthiest department – the regional policy directorate – to do its bit for SMEs.
09 Jul 2008