Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- A reader’s guide
- Abbreviations
- 1 General introduction
- Part I EU history, institutions and legal dimension
- Part II EU market integration
- Part III EU monetary integration
- Part IV The single European market
- Part V EU budget and structural policies
- 19 The general budget
- 20 The Common Agricultural Policy
- 21 The Common Fisheries Policy
- 22 Regional policy
- 23 Social policies
- Part VI EU external relations
- Part VII The future of the EU
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Index
- References
22 - Regional policy
from Part V - EU budget and structural policies
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- A reader’s guide
- Abbreviations
- 1 General introduction
- Part I EU history, institutions and legal dimension
- Part II EU market integration
- Part III EU monetary integration
- Part IV The single European market
- Part V EU budget and structural policies
- 19 The general budget
- 20 The Common Agricultural Policy
- 21 The Common Fisheries Policy
- 22 Regional policy
- 23 Social policies
- Part VI EU external relations
- Part VII The future of the EU
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Index
- References
Summary
Introduction
[Member states of the] European Economic Community are anxious to ensure their harmonious development by reducing the differences existing between the various regions and the backwardness of the less favoured regions (Preamble to the Treaty of Rome, 1958)
In order to promote its overall harmonious development, the Community shall develop and pursue its actions leading to the strengthening of its economic and social cohesion (Article 158, Consolidated Version of the Treaty Establishing a European Community, 2002)
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- The European UnionEconomics and Policies, pp. 348 - 363Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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