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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Title XVII of the Treaty establishing the European Community, particularly Article 158 thereof, includes among the Union’s political priorities the promotion of the Community’s ‘overall harmonious development’, aiming at ‘reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least-favoured regions, including rural areas’. Personally, I feel that it is necessary to continue to pursue this objective with a coherent, continuing, sustainable policy.
The second report on EU cohesion presented by Commissioner Barnier depicts a situation which has improved but which has certainly not been resolved. It is clear that the progress made has not been uniform and that severe regional disparities remain which – as rightly pointed out by the rapporteur – are increasing rather than diminishing.
With regard to the objectives, I fully support the position of my fellow member, Mr Musotto. The criterion for deciding which regions are eligible for receiving aid lays down the threshold of 75% of average Community
GDP. My personal feeling is that, as of 2006, it would certainly be more appropriate to use the unemployment rate as a measure, for the entry of poorer regions which are in greater need of aid will certainly not raise the level of the regions currently under Objective 1."@en1
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