The Reform of the Cohesion Policy of the European Union in the Post-2020 Horizon. Proposals in Perspective and Potential Impact for Euskadi
Abstract
This paper explores the past utilization of Euskadi of the cohesion funds of the European Union and reflects about the potential impact of the expected changes in the cohesion policy for the next programing period starting in 2021. With that aim, and after briefly reviewing the theoretical justification of the existence of cohesion policy in the context of the European Union, the paper presents a relatively detailed analysis of the programs that have benefited Euskadi in the past. The paper concludes exploring the different arguments that have been used in the debate about the convenience of further concentrating the cohesion policy in the less developed regions of the EU. If this perspective were to be finally adopted from 2021 on, the access of Euskadi to the European structural and investment funds would be further limited as result of being among the 20% riches regions of the EU.
Received: 19 December 2017
Accepted: 15 January 2018
Published online: 28 March 2018
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