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"Mr President, the European Union has been pursuing its policy of social and economic cohesion for the last 30 years, with notable cohesion not meaning putting the brake on the development of the most powerful and dynamic of the regions of Europe. On the contrary, it means increasing the potential for development of the weakest and enhancing their opportunities in terms of competitiveness.
The European Union is called on to react creatively to recent and future enlargements. For example, cohesion policy must be adjusted appropriately in response to new conditions and challenges. Conditions in the enlarged European Union are different. Consequently, existing actions aimed at social and economic cohesion need to be expanded, and become horizontal. More emphasis should be placed on the need to reduce the differences emerging between centres and the hinterland, between metropolitan areas and small and medium-sized towns, and between towns and rural areas. The new conditions also make it necessary for local authorities to be much more involved in efforts to do away with the disparities between all the social groups mentioned.
The democratic deficit will not be reduced without the active participation of representatives of regional and local communities in the implementation of Community programmes. I would remind the House that in January 2003 the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the role of local and regional authorities in the European Union. It was laid down in this resolution that not only should local and regional authorities be more involved with the implementation of Union policies, but that they should also contribute to the drafting of such policies.
Extending cohesion policy to include territorial cohesion confirms that cohesion policy as implemented across the length and breadth of the Union is one of the European Union’s key policies. I should like to add that I believe Community provisions should place more emphasis on partnership. I have in mind partnership between authorities at different levels and also joint activities increasing effective use of European financial instruments."@en1
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