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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Additionality2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000317.5.5-052"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-17-Speech-5-0532
lpv:speaker	lp:Samuli Pohjamo2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, as has been said here, EU funds cannot replace Member States’ public expenditure and the structural aid that runs parallel with it. This principle of additionality is important to reduce regional disparities, which is the aim of the Union’s regional and structural policies. The Commission must oblige the Member States to work in such a way that the principle of additionality is implemented both nationally and regionally. I suspect that this principle is being seriously violated in the Member States. The effect of the Union’s regional policy is dramatically weakened by governments drastically reducing national, public and structural aid and subsidies, even in excess of what is coming into a region via Union funds. In some cases this violation is covered up by including as national regional funds development funds, which are mainly, however, targeted at the fastest growing areas. The regional failure to observe the principle of additionality aggravates the situation with regard to internal regional disparities within Member States, which runs counter to the aims of the Union’s regional policy."@en1

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