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CEMR's policy committee calls for cohesion policy that respects commitments made to new member states
The policy committee of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) has adopted a declaration stating that any (budget) reduction for regional and cohesion policy below that put forward by the Luxembourg presidency would be seen as unjust and a negation of what the EU stands for, at its meeting in Vienna, on 12 December 2005.
The over 100 participants to the meeting add in the declaration that the EU cohesion policy should be at a level that respects the commitments made to the new member states. We cannot but express our disagreement with the proposals presented by the British presidency on 5 December 2005.
CEMR's policy committee urges the heads of ...
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