Note: The number of irregularities reported as fraudulent measures the results of efforts by Member States to counter fraud and other illegal activities affecting financial interests and shouldn't be interpreted as the level of fraud

Read more on how Member States deal with irregularities and on the protection of EU financial interests and the fight against fraud

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Graph from the report EU Cohesion Policy contributing to employment and growth in Europe Source: European Commission

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EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn will today receive the strategic growth plans for Europe’s eight Outermost Regions (OR). The Commissioner, who is responsible for coordinating all EU policies for these regions will be discussing the Action Plans in Brussels with Presidents and Vice-Presidents from The Azores, the Canary Islands, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Madeira, Martinique, La Réunion and St Martin.

Measures to help crisis-hit countries to use much needed EU funds have been proposed today by the European Commission. The measures would help these Member States to tackle youth unemployment, to support small and medium sized business and to pay for key infrastructure projects. In the absence of this proposed measure, Cohesion Policy investments for growth could be lost because of a lack of time to spend the money or because of the difficulty of finding national and private co-finance in the current economic climate.