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"Mr President, following on from what Mr Fatuzzo said, it is worth remarking that the concept of 'region' is radically ambiguous. For example, when it comes to constitutional affairs the ancient nation of Scotland currently counts as a region of Europe. However, when it comes to the funds which we are discussing, Scotland itself has several extremely diverse regions. For example, the Highlands and Islands include some of the most isolated islands in Europe with extreme problems of transport because of weather and tidal conditions and the costs involved. The Highlands is one of the most underpopulated mountain regions in Europe. That contrasts with the Central region of Scotland and again with the Borders region, which is sparsely populated and has its own particular problems.
I am delighted that what we did today in these two reports was to reject proposals for radical renationalisation of Structural Funds. The United Kingdom Government has been leading the charge on that. I was glad to see that the European Socialists, including the UK Labour Party, today apparently deserted Mr Brown's proposals about renationalisation. We came to good conclusions about the need to sustain structural funding at European level and to take seriously the problems of territorial cohesion and permanent geographical disadvantage."@en1
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