The European Union decided to rise its financial support to Turkey to 653.7 million euro for 2010. The assistance was 566.4 million euro for 2009. The European Commission provides financial assistance to EU candidate countries and potential candidates under “Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance”.
The Commission decided to allocate 781.9 million euro in 2011, 899.5 million euro in 2012 and 935.5 million euro in 2013 for Turkey. EU assistance to Turkey focuses on institutional structuring, cross-border cooperation, regional development, human resources and rural development.
