Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-23-Speech-2-267"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Classification of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011023.13.2-267"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-23-Speech-2-2682
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, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the classification of territorial units for statistics is not a formality, as might appear at first sight, it is not a technical debate about statistical terms, it is a material question because adopting any classification has direct repercussions on how the development of each territorial unit is supported. With the forthcoming enlargement, or to be more precise, enlargements, given that candidate countries will integrate in groups, we need to move towards objective criteria for classifying territorial units, so that new members know the rules of play. The simplest way would be to adopt fully unified criteria for each classification level and for all the Member States. However, the many and varied specific characteristics of the countries in the Union make this idea unfeasible and impracticable. So we must agree with the rapporteur and endorse her satisfaction with the Commission initiative which, with the proposed regulation, creates the legal basis for classifying territorial units for statistics. We should also congratulate the rapporteur who, with her sense of moderation and what I would call female perspicacity, has proposed and accepted feasible improvements to the Commission opinion in order to achieve a better approach to the basic objective, which cannot be but to formulate truly comparable territorial units, in every sense of the word, so that we can establish a universal European statistics system. Given past injustices, the reasonable doubts of European citizens should not be brushed aside with replies along the lines of "this area is supported, even though it is better off than yours because it is a NUTS II territorial unit, whereas yours isn't". Rationalisation at all operational levels in the Union should be our basic and fixed aspiration."@en1

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