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This article addresses the ongoing debate on the future of the EU cohesion policy and changes in its management rules, as anticipated by the European Commission, for the period after 2013. There are many reasons to assume that the cohesion policy has entered a new stage of development, as its future outlook will depend much on the intensity of the current economic crisis, the financial difficulties of EU Member States, the ruling atmosphere of euroscepticism and the lack of European solidarity. For supporters of a strong EU cohesion policy, it is as much of a challenge to demonstrate its positive effects on all European regions as it is to introduce the necessary reforms to make it even more effective, modern and central to realising the Europe 2020 strategy.
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This article describes the situation as of September 2011, that is, before the official announcement of the European Commission proposal for new regulations on the cohesion policy for 2014–20.
The results of the study conducted by the Institute for Structural Research indicate that benefits from transfers to Poland in the framework of the cohesion policy for the EU-15 are significant and amount to about 18.5% of the total allocation. See Ocean korzy ci uzyskiwanych przez Pa stwa UE-15 [6, p. 3].
See Who manages the money? [9].
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Olbrycht, J., Sapała, M. The future of the EU cohesion policy: how much, what for and how?. European View 10, 241–248 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12290-011-0185-z
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