This paper examines the recent reforms of Cohesion Policy in Italy. It discusses a number of arrangements that have been implemented, concentrating powers and recentralizing Cohesion Policy from regional to national authorities. The analysis of the concentration and recentralization trends in the management of EU Cohesion Policy in Italy is part of a wider discussion regarding the extent to which the crises of recent years have been challenging the balance between the EU, central governments, and regional authorities.

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