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On 11 October PURPLE launched a Lobby Group Paper on EU Cohesion Policy beyond 2020 with a view to feeding into the debate on future cohesion policy and coinciding with the publication of the European Commission's 7th Cohesion Report.

The official launch took place in Brussels on the occasion of the ‘Regions and change – the transformative power of transnational networks’ at which PURPLE was showcased and as part of the official programme of the European Week of Region and Cities 2017.

The paper, together its related 'key messages' document, sets out core elements of what PURPLE considers to be essential principles for, and features of, a revised Cohesion Policy which takes due account of peri-urban Europe today.