Press Release: Commissioner Hübner launches regional programme for Yorkshire and The Humber (England)

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Series Details IP/08/244 (15.02.08)
Publication Date 15/02/2008
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Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, launched a seven-year development programme for the United Kingdom's Yorkshire and The Humber region. She attended the ceremony at the invitation of the regional development agency Yorkshire Forward, and will sign programme documents with John Healey MP, Minister of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government. She also met John Prescott MP, former British Deputy Prime Minister, to discuss the UK's application for European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) support following last year's disastrous floods.

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European Commission: MEMO/08/89: United Kingdom – Operational programme 2007-13: Yorkshire and The Humber http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/89&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
European Commission: SPEECH/08/86: The European Programme launch for Yorkshire and The Humber – focusing our efforts on R&D, Innovation and Entrepreneurship http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/86&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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