UPDATE: Got my hands on an internal email sent by head of DG REGIO herself, titled: “Addressing this morning’s media article.”
“I understand the article will be unsettling to read,” the note says, while reassuring staff that their expertise remains “very much valued and needed”
Gerardo Fortuna
EXCLUSIVE: The European Commission is considering a major restructuring of one of its oldest departments as Ursula von der Leyen seeks more direct control over EU spending.
The EU’s regional funding department faces restructure as the bloc seeks to centralize its spending.