Marc Debus, Martin Gross
Positions on and issue emphasis of European integration and EU Cohesion policy: Analysing (sub-)national party manifestos

One key element of the European Union’s (EU) attempt to foster citizens’ identification with the EU has been (and still is) its Cohesion policy (CP). This policy targets regions and cities across the EU with the overall goal of reducing economic and social disparities across regions and countries and improving citizens’ quality of life. Since CP accounts for almost one-third of the total EUexpand