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I voted in favour of the report.
Solidarity between the peoples of the European Union, economic and social progress and the strengthening of cohesion feature among the European Union’s general objectives.
For many, the main fear elicited by enlargement is that of seeing the regional funds currently available in the fifteen Member States disappear to the sole benefit of the ten new members.
Although this solidarity is at the core of the European contract, under no circumstances could partnership be abandoned. The European Union must continue its support in the regions of the Fifteen affected in particular by natural geographic handicaps.
I am thinking in particular of mountain regions. The Council, the Commission and Parliament cannot remain idle on this issue. For a long time, the mountains have been comprehensively ignored by European programmes. These areas have many resources. They require special attention in the agricultural sector (aid for the countryside and for young farmers) and within the framework of sustainable tourism development, as well as requiring specific support for SMEs (to avoid desertification and protect employment) and support for maintaining services.
The success of these guidelines hinges upon the European budget, which must match the ambitions we have set ourselves."@en1
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