However, there is a dichotomy between the aim of regional policy to reduce disparities between the richer and poorer regions of the Union, contribute to the Lisbon strategy and implement the national reform programmes, and the fact that research and high tech activities are highly concentrated within the core regions of the EU.
However, there is a dichotomy between the aim of regional policy to reduce disparities between the richer and poorer regions of the Union, contribute to the Lisbon strategy and implement the national reform programmes, and the fact that research and high tech activities are highly concentrated within the core regions of the EU.