Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-19-Speech-4-071"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-06-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030619.3.4-071"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-06-19-Speech-4-0722
lpv:speaker	lp:Carlos Coelho2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2003-03-10--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". The imbalances among the various regions of Europe are the greatest threat to the project for the political and economic integration of the Union. The promotion of economic and social cohesion is a priority political objective of the Union (consolidated by the Maastricht Treaty on European Union into one of the three pillars of European integration). The Cohesion Fund has played a decisive role in lessening these asymmetries by supporting those Member States with greater structural difficulties. It will become even more important in the context of enlargement (from 2004, all the candidate countries should become eligible). I believe that the approach taken by the rapporteur in her report should have been more positive and less bureaucratic. I share her concerns regarding the 4.1% deficit seen in Portugal in 2001 (which thus does not conform to the macroeconomic criteria), which the present Portuguese Government inherited from the previous socialist government. It would have been fairer to Portugal if the rapporteur had recognised the effort and the measures that the Portuguese Government has already taken, which have been praised by both the Commission and the Council. All these instruments are essential to comply with the principle of economic and social cohesion. The Cohesion Fund, like the other Structural Funds and the remaining Community policies, should continue along these lines. Without cohesion, the European ideal will be lost and will fail."@en1

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