24 April 2012

General Affairs Council met in Luxembourg for a discussion on cohesion policy.

The Council discussed, for the first time on the basis of the negotiating box, the following areas of the multiannual financial framework for the 2014-2020 period:

• cohesion policy
• the "Connecting Europe" facility
• heading 2 (sustainable growth: natural resources) and
• the provisions relating to the five funds belonging to these policy fields.

Read more

• Press release
• Financial framework 2014-2020: discussion on agriculture and cohesion policies (article)
• Background note
• Agenda

Document for the discussion

• Sections of Negotiating Box relating to Heading 1 (cohesion and CEF), 2 and provisions relating to the funds under the Common Strategic Framework