As governments clash with Brussels, some cities hope to claim EU funds


  • World
  • Tuesday, 10 Dec 2019

FILE PHOTO: People hold EU and Polish flags as they gather during a pro-democracy demonstration at the Old Town in Warsaw, Poland January 9, 2016. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

WARSAW (Reuters) - Some European city mayors whose national governments are in conflict with Brussels could seek ways to access European Union funds directly, the mayor of Poland's capital Warsaw said on Tuesday.

Rafal Trzaskowski said EU funding was one area in which he and counterparts from Czech capital Prague, Slovakia's capital Bratislava and Hungarian capital Budapest would pledge to cooperate at a meeting on Monday.

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