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Thank you, Mrs McCarthy, for your assessment. I can indeed confirm the attitude of the Commission, which I, in particular, share, and our determination to take part, not just here but also in the national parliaments, and in and with the regions, in as decentralised a way as possible, in a major debate. My whole team in the Directorate-General is going to participate in presenting the results of the assessment of this snapshot and open the debate over the next two years, in an extremely transparent and open manner. The current annual allocation is approximately EUR thirty billion. Once again, I have told Mr Hatzidakis what I though of the lower limit beyond which we should not go if we wish this policy to have any credibility. I also think, like you, Mrs McCarthy, that this European policy must act as a lever, bringing other funding and other synergies to bear. That is why I attach great importance to partnership, the modernisation of private funds, and the intervention of the European Investment Bank as our partner. I quite understand, moreover, your concern for greater coherence with the competition policy for which Commissioner Monti is responsible. We have to find a way forward which reconciles complying with the Treaties, especially in terms of the rules of competition, and regional policy.
Quite simply, Mrs McCarthy, let me share my personal conviction that we shall not achieve solidarity and cohesion in Europe simply by counting on the laws of the market, on supply and demand or on a simple tax transfer policy. I do not believe that liberalism alone can help the poorest regions cease to be the poorest or that it can help reduce the gap between them and the richest regions. That is why I shall fight to ensure that we continue to have public intervention in Europe."@en1
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