cohesion policy

Why is the bulk of expenditure in two main areas – agriculture and cohesion policy – and what explains the decline of agriculture and the rise of cohesion spending?

Explaining EU expenditure policies There are three interrelated issues concerning EU expenditure policies that need explaining: Why does the EU tax and spend to the amount that it does – in other words, why is the EU budget so small? Why is the bulk of expenditure in two main areas – agriculture and cohesion policy […]

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