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"Mr President, Commissioner, one of the recitals of this report states that extremely large regional differences constitute both a political and economic threat to the EU. That is quite correct. We must hold an enlarged Europe together. I want very briefly to emphasise a number of points.
Enlargement is very important for the whole of Europe, and it is
the poorest regions which should pay for enlargement. There must therefore be sufficient budget resources for the whole of this process. At the same time, we must use the money in the most effective way, which is why the EU’s agricultural policy should be reformed and coordinated with regional policy so that it promotes rural development, that is to say promotes differentiated economic life in agricultural areas too.
Each Member State must also have its own policy of solidarity and cohesion, and all growth policies must effectively favour justice for the regions. That applies especially in the fields of education, research, employment and transport.
Finally, I wish to say that future cohesion policy must pay attention to regions with pronounced, permanent geographical disadvantages, for example long distances and a sparse population. The whole of the EU has an interest in its being possible to be resident, and earn one’s living, throughout the EU."@en1
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