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Cohesion report warns of ‘development trap’ in East Germany

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By János Allenbach-Ammann

Published: March 28th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Cohesion Commissioner Elisa Ferreira
In the cohesion report, the EU Commission gives its cohesion policy good marks, but the positive effects are difficult to attribute and some regions are in a development trap due to demographic difficulties.

On Wednesday, the EU Commission published its ninth cohesion report. In it, it assesses the overall impact of cohesion policy as positive, but also identifies persistent development problems in the less developed regions.

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