Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-14-Speech-1-073"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sustainable urban development – rural development – EQUAL initiative2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000214.4.1-073"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-14-Speech-1-0742
lpv:speaker	lp:Emmanouil Mastorakis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, there is no doubt that the INTERREG initiative promotes efforts to achieve economic and social cohesion in the European Union. However, I should like to stress INTERREG’s particular importance for the Balkan area, where political developments and hostilities over the past few years have had major economic repercussions for neighbouring countries and especially for my own country, Greece, which is the only Member State on that long-suffering peninsula. Accordingly, we welcome the related references in Chapter 7 of the European Commission’s proposed general guidelines for INTERREG. The efforts to coordinate the planning and so make it more effective must extend to all the programmes equally, and I say that because in the MEDA programme during the last period some problems arose which have to be overcome, so that we can have equal treatment for all the third countries participating in that programme. I should like to end by saying that the planning of the new inter-state cooperation zones has taken no account of the Mediterranean’s geographical peculiarities, which would justify the creation of a special zone for coastal and island regions. We therefore ask the Commission to pay special attention to the issue of maritime and island cooperation when zone planning next comes up for review. I end by stressing the need for the European Union to persist with such initiatives, which strive to eliminate inequalities between our regions, and to foster their harmonious development. And since this is St. Valentine’s day, as a former Mayor of a regional city, I propose that we should all declare our love for all the European regions which need that love."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"For Greece, for the neighbouring countries Italy and Austria, but also for Europe as a whole, the social and economic restoration of the Balkans, bringing political stability, is a vitally important matter. So far, some Balkan countries have received aid from the PHARE and Obnova programmes, while others have not. During the new programme period, in view of enlargement and bearing in mind that funding has been provided for from new financial instruments and regulations, such as ISPA and Sapard, it is considered absolutely essential to coordinate the funding of all three strands of INTERREG with other financial aid to third countries."1

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