Finland and France for dialogue on EU’s cohesion policy

Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä on Wednesday met with French Minister of Territorial Cohesion Jacques Mézard in Paris and discussed the EU multiannual financial framework and the future of the cohesion policy.

“Cohesion policy has a key role in increasing and maintaining European competitiveness,” Lintilä said, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.

“France and Finland advocate dialogue on modernising the EU’s cohesion policy and common agricultural policy,” Lintilä added.

The Minister of Economic Affairs met with the Commissioner as part of his pro-active campaign to influence the EU’s forthcoming financial framework.

This spring Lintilä will be meeting with six Commissioners and cohesion ministers from several Member States.

Permanent Secretary Jari Gustafsson from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has also joined the effort and visited four European capitals (Berlin, Paris, Brussels and Haag) to discuss Finland’s views on the EU cohesion policy.

Lintilä also attended the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting, which was opened this year by President of France Emmanuel Macron.