The European Commission’s ‘Draft Regional Aid Guidelines (RAG)’ imply significant changes to regional aid in the EU, particularly regarding the spatial coverage of policy and the targeting of aid to large firms. Fiona Wishlade has prepared an EPRC Policy Briefing assessing the implications of the Draft RAG particularly in the light of updated GDP data published on 21 March 2013.

EU cohesion policy is helping to weather the crisis and produce growth, says Commission 2013 strategic report, published in April 2013.

CoesioNet is glad to inform that Mr Crevoisier and Mr Theurillat, researchers at Neuchâtel University, have recently published a working paper on "Les territoire de l'industrie financière: quelles suites à la crise de 2008-2009?".

Several books on services of general interest have been published in 2011:

• - Pierre Bauby, senior researcher at RAP and responsible for the CoesioNet working group on “Services of General Interest and Cohesion” has just published two books in French on the issue. See read more
• - Marjorie Jouen, Committee of the Regions and Notre Europe published “La Politique Européenne de Cohésion” in French, La Documentation française
• - Erika Szyszczak (and al.), Leicester University published "Developments in Services of General Interest", Den Haag, TMC Asser Press-Springer
• - Stéphane Rodrigues, Nicolas Pesaresi, Bertrand Carsin, Erika Szyszczak, Proinsias De Rossa, Valérie Guigue-Koeppen, Koen Lenaerts, Elena-Loredana Puiu, Jose A. Gutierrez-Fons published in French "Vers un nouveau droit européen des services d’intérêt (économique) général ?", Concurrences, N° 4-2011, n°39642