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Commissioner Corina Cretu: About 111 bn euro worth of allocations to EU urban areas between 2014 – 2020. We put the EU citizens, regions and cities at the center of our concerns

June 14, 2019

Allocations to EU urban areas between 2014 and 2020 amount to approximately 111 billion euro, Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu on Friday told a press conference delivered jointly with Minister for Regional Development and Public Administration Vasile-Daniel Suciu, at the end of the informal meeting of the urban development...

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