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Extraordinary EU Support for Eastern Border Regions
What is the central argument of “Extraordinary EU Support for Eastern Border Regions”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets?
Extraordinary EU Support for Eastern Border Regions: The amended cohesion regulation devotes. Defence-finance analysis; 5-page sourced DFM PDF report.
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Original DFM publication · DFM Analysis report · 2025-09-22
The amended cohesion regulation devotes particular attention to the Union’s eastern border regions neighbouring Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Recital (7) recognises their “unique security challenges and geopolitical significance” and states that reinforcing local defence capabilities and civil preparedness in these areas is “essential not only to deter external aggression and safeguard European security, but also to support regional development, social cohesion, employment and living conditions.”
This marks a shift in the rationale for cohesion funding: border regions are no longer treated solely as disadvantaged territories requiring economic convergence, but as strategic buffers whose…
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This marks a shift in the rationale for cohesion funding: border regions are no longer treated solely as disadvantaged territories requiring economic convergence, but as strategic buffers whose…
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