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"Despite assurances from the Commission and the Council, Cohesion Policy is at risk because the size of its budget is making some people envious. This policy, which promotes the balanced development of Europe’s regions, accounts for one third of Community expenditure between 2007 and 2013. It is important to remember some of its principles: Cohesion Policy should continue to be a Community policy, retain substantial financing, ensure decentralised management of funds and multi-level governance, and retain an overall and integrated approach in order to meet the complex challenges which all European regions have to face. Although GDP should remain the main criterion in determining the eligibility of regions for European grants, it has been a struggle to get an ongoing consultation on other criteria. With its humanist tradition, Europe should remain at the forefront of the debate on new ways to assess our fellow citizens’ wealth and well-being. Finally, territorial cooperation deserves particular attention in the next Cohesion Policy. This objective is the embodiment of Europe in the everyday lives of our fellow citizens and makes an ‘ever closer union among the peoples of Europe’ possible."@en1
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