Tag: regional aid

MEP Michael Theurer, the German liberals' spokesman on regional issues in the European Parliament, is demanding an urgent reworking of structural and cohesion funds. EurActiv Germany reports.

The French company said it has filed a complaint with the European Commission against Ryanair for allegedly receiving millions of euros in illegal subsidies in exchange for using regional airports in France. 

While almost all regional authorities introduced measures to combat the crisis-led recession, there was little coordination, leading some to feel they were isolated, a survey of EU regions and cities found in late 2009.

German economy minister Michael Glos challenges the Commission's powers to define which kinds of investments are relevant to the EU's Jobs and Growth strategy.

A high-level expert group delivered a study on 17 July proposing the re-nationalisation of the CAP and regional funding, while introducing more flexibility into the EU's budgetary policy.

The European Commission proposed an action plan for regions bordering on candidate countries to help them prepare for enlargement. Twenty-three regions in Austria, Finland, Germany and Greece will receive 245 million euro in enlargement aid.

The EU's aid policy has come under heavy fire from a UK parliamentary report.