Since 2004, cohesion policy has significantly reduced disparities in GDP
and employment between the east and west of the EU, but challenges such
as brain drain and development traps remain, the EU’s 9th Cohesion
Report shows (...)
The report, a recurrent assessment of
the state of cohesion in the EU, the last of which appeared in 2022,
provides a picture of what has been achieved and what still needs to be
done to guide EU policies aimed at ensuring balanced, long-term growth.
It assesses whether disparities have narrowed, which regions are
leading, and which still need to catch up.
European Commissioner for cohesion and
Reforms, Elisa Ferreira commented: ‘The 9th cohesion Report shows that,
over the last 20 years, cohesion policy has succeeded in its mission to
promote economic, social and territorial cohesion among regions. For
citizens of Member States from the 2004 enlargement, cohesion policy has
meant new opportunities, new prosperity and a better quality of life.’ (...)
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