. In regional policy, a decrease in the growth of or cuts in EU regional subsidies can be compensated for by national … research and other competitiveness funding. -- European Union ; Finland ; EU budget ; agricultural policy ; regional policy …

report consists of international comparisons. The main comparison countries are the so-called old EU countries (EU15) of … Western Europe, the new EU countries (EU12) and the United States. Comparisons are also made with individual countries. After … couple of per cent higher and in December 2009 about 7 per cent higher than the average in the old EU countries, but it is …