Sunday, November 24

Do only the poorest EU counties benefit from cohesion policy?

FACT OR FAKE (C) FRANCE 24

The EU’s cohesion policy is financed by member states. Richer EU countries pay in more to help the bloc’s poorest regions catch up. But does that mean that richer EU nations are getting a rough deal from the bloc’s cohesion policy? FRANCE 24 sorts the fact from the fake.

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