Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-06-Speech-3-293"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-02-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Economic and social cohesion2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20020206.12.3-293"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-06-Speech-3-2942
lpv:speaker	lp:Konstantinos Hatzidakis2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I must congratulate Mr Μusotto on his report, which is a job extremely well done. We must look, first, at what conclusions we can draw on the basis of progress so far and, secondly, at the challenges facing us. As regards what conclusions we can draw from the policies applied so far, what we can say is that we have clearly made progress, but that this progress has varied from one Member State to another. In some Member States there have been very positive results and a great deal of progress, while in others such as my own, unfortunately, the results have not been as positive as they might have been. This means that governments need to get the message, especially in the light of the new regulation now being applied, which is more decentralised than the previous regulation, and do what they can to bring about the results which other countries have achieved. Secondly, the question of enlargement is now a factor, bringing with it even greater demands. Because numerous poor countries are joining, this will, as we all know, artificially inflate the income of numerous regions in comparison with the Community average. Because of the statistics, numerous regions will cease to be covered unless they take measures during a programming period. Consequently, 0.45% of the Community GDP earmarked for the Structural Funds must be the lower limit. We cannot drop any lower and have reliable policies. Many of my fellow Members disagree with this view and they do, of course, have every reason to put forward their arguments. But what we have to ask ourselves, especially those of us who really believe in the European Union and its prospects, is just how much money we are spending from the Member States' GDP in order to achieve the ambitious objectives set by the European Union. Is it because we are spending so much money that we object every time the Community budget increases? At some point we must realise that ambitious objectives cannot be achieved without the necessary funding."@en1

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