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On the Cohesion Policy and the 2025 State of the Regions and Cities Report with Vasco Alves Cordeiro

The 23rd European Week of Regions and Cities took place in Brussels early this week. The event was organised by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and DG REGIO, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy.

Vasco Alves Cordeiro © European Union Christophe Licoppe
Vasco Alves Cordeiro © European Union Christophe Licoppe

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The 23rd European Week of Regions and Cities took place in Brussels early this week. The event was organised by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and DG REGIO, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy.

RRI’s Eugen Cojocariu has discussed with Vasco Alves Cordeiro, former President of the European Committee of the Regions and Chair of CoR’s Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER), about the future of the Cohesion policy, as well as about the 2025 State of the Regions and Cities Report.

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