Cohesion
Navigating the Future of European Cohesion Policy: Challenges and Trade-Offs
European Cohesion Policy is at a crossroads, facing unprecedented scrutiny and debate about its relevance and direction in a rapidly changing world. Designed to improve economic, social and territorial conditions…
Energising EU Cohesion: The Renewable Energy Transition Powers Up Lagging Regions
Today, 82 % of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union emanate from the energy sector. Adapting EU Cohesion policy to address the dynamic shifts unfolding in the energy landscape…
Cohesion Policy’s Blind Spot: Strong Regional Institutions are Crucial to Implementing Effective Growth Strategies on the Ground
Reforms underway With this week’s announcement of the high-level group of specialists on the EU’s cohesion policy, wheels have finally been set in motion for the next round of reforms…
3 Times EU Cohesion Policy Has Been Used to Address Recent Crises
For the European Union, Cohesion Policy is both a powerful instrument for change in the form of the more than €350 billion available in funding from Cohesion Policy in the…
Upward Convergence? The History of EU Cohesion
In our recent study, The Future of EU Cohesion, which we presented during the 2022 European Week of Regions and Cities, we provided an outlook on how the green and…
A Fair Europe: Strengthening European Regions for a Just Twin Transition
In our recent blog series on the future of European cohesion, we discussed how EU regions diverge in terms of their economic output, as well as their capabilities and vulnerabilities…
