Linkages and channels between Cohesion Policy and European Identity [Editorial]

Abstract

While a Eurosceptic attitude challenges the European integration project with increasing disbelief, the EU allocates a large portion of its budget to Cohesion and regional policy (CRP) for counter balancing economic pressures and equilibrating the economic disparities among European regions. In this context, PERCEIVE project (Perception and Evaluation of Regional and Cohesion Policies by Europeans and Identification with the Values of Europe)1 , a three-year EU-funded research project, investigated how European Union communicates CRP and how European citizens perceive the role of CRP and of the EU