SLH I think what you are referring to is the Objective One funding package and Objective 2 & 3 also, designated for community regeneration in the more poor area designations within the Union. My point is, I want to see Britain NEVER taking on the Euro as its main currency, Brussels has and is already bleeding this country dry with its ludicrous legislations which only serve to hinder our interests not progress them forwards for the 21st century. It would be far more preferable for us to have an affiliation with the US $ than any other currency, of course still keeping sterling too, intact.
Too I think there are crucial differences between town, urbanised communities and those living in the countryside where Brussels exerts the most inane stupid regulations which have crippled many of the old patterns tried and trusted for generations, stifled by red tape and beaurocracy. Take for example, the fishing industry. I could go on and on, but this is neither the time nor the place.