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"Mr President, I too would like to thank both rapporteurs, Mr Marques and Mr Guellec. As Commissioner Hübner has already said, territorial cohesion is under pressure, and she was actually asking for this Parliament’s support. There is every reason to repeat this request in this House, for when we study last week’s OECD report on the regional differences, we see that 40% of growth is realised in less than 10% of the regions.
We know that competition on a world scale requires that a distinction be drawn between regions, top regions and regions of excellence, which are mentioned in the Seventh Framework Programme for research and development. Although that may be the case, knowledge is one thing, but innovation in the regions, production and marketing are quite something else. In short, specialisation within the regions is necessary. There is nothing wrong with it, but the strategic actions plans requested by Parliament and the Commission that are in line with the Lisbon objective are tailored to national scale.
It is now important in this Parliament to highlight once again, and safeguard, the territorial, or regional, dimension, certainly now, with a view to the future, that the new objective 2 funds and the resource and development funds will be combined, or will, at least be deployed together. That is why I support Mr Guellec’s idea of reviewing the regional contribution in 2007 in the form of a White Paper or otherwise. What will then be the state of play as regards this multi-level approach, or this decentralised focus, for that matter?
On a final note, there are, fortunately, regions developing that often take on cross-border tasks in a new context. In my region, I have seen Eindhoven, Louvain and Aachen, located in three countries, do exactly that. So, although territorial dimension and cohesion are important, they are also being restyled. In that way, we have to help think ahead in respect of these opportunities that are vital across the European Union."@en1
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