Pellegrini: Future cohesion policy should involve less red tape

Pellegrini: Future cohesion policy should involve less red tape

Vice-premier for Investments and Informatisation Peter Pellegrini met European Commissioner for Regional Policies Corina Cretu in Bratislava on Thursday. Pellegrini stated that the EU's cohesion policy should be less administratively demanding in the future, and it should be better targeted towards less-developed EU regions. The Slovak vice-premier added that if a debate on increasing the contributions of individual EU-member states is initiated, Slovakia is willing to discuss a possible increase in its contribution to the EU budget. Corina Cretu announced that the European Commission is set to present its first draft budget in May. She expects the budget talks to be demanding due to various challenges, including Brexit, migration, defence and security issues. The EU commissioner also held discussions with Prime Minister Robert Fico earlier in the day.


Martina Šimkovičová, Photo: TASR

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