Europe’s hidden billions: Cohesion for a reason

Major feature on the future of the EU regional and cohesion policies. Amid the discovery of deep flaws in the system of regional support, Brussels is facing a push by national capitals to overhaul its high-budget programme.

Feature forms part of a major joint investigation between the FT and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism into how the European Union structural funds are spent.

ESO: Background information: EU growth funds lie idle under red tape http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-growth-funds-lie-idle-under-red-tape/

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