The idea of there being a principle of cohesion in Europe goes back to the Treaty of Rome and was immediately put into effect in 1959, the following year, through the co-funding principle, whereby the European Commission was able to put money into policies—albeit only into the social fund, given that there was no regional development fund at the time—to ensure that excluded or lagging-behind social groups in Europe were assisted to catch up with the average.
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