The EU's funds for developing its poorer regions are at risk - but for most EU member states, the budget of the so-called cohesion policy is not a number one priority.
"It is always a problem to find a front state for a battle where regions are the most important actors," the president of the Committee of the Regions, Karl-Heinz Lambertz, explained to EUobserver in an interview.
Lambertz spoke to this website in Brussels on Friday (4 May), two days after the European Commission pr...
Back our independent journalism by becoming a supporting member
Already a member? Login here