Von der Leyen centralizes the EU budget: cohesion policy in danger of being eliminated
*The head of the European Commission wants to replace the 530 European funding programs - of which 398 are dedicated to cohesion policy - with 27 national operational programs, one for each EU member state *The new European funding scheme would be implemented from the exercise European multiannual financial plan 2028-2034 *For the period 2021-2027, our country has allocated 29 billion euros for the cohesion policy