Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-13-Speech-4-029"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-10-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The urban dimension in the context of enlargement2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051013.3.4-029"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-10-13-Speech-4-0302
lpv:speaker	lp:Francesco Musotto2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2008-06-22)3 unknown; Forza Italia (2004-07-20--2008-06-22)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today’s wide-ranging debate on Mr Beaupuy’s report and, above all, the pertinent and meaningful speech by the Commissioner have outlined in the House today the new European city, taking enlargement into account as well. It is nevertheless necessary to emphasise and remind ourselves that a good 78% of the population of Europe lives in cities, 50% of which are in areas of high population density, and 26% in areas of medium density. Cities, therefore, constitute the backdrop against which the majority of the inhabitants of the European Union live. Lately we have witnessed a certain downplaying of the importance of the urban dimension within cohesion policy, and so this report completely changes that particular approach, which we were not able to support. It should not be forgotten that in the heart of the Europe of 15 we also find the so-called Pentagon, that is, a zone linking London, Paris, Milan, Berlin and Hamburg in which a large proportion of the economy and population of Europe is concentrated. The Pentagon idea is of course completely opposed to the concept of territorial cohesion, as set out in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, which stresses cities – especially small and medium-sized ones – as key players in regional development and in achieving the Lisbon and Gothenburg objectives. Whilst acknowledging, therefore, the practical difficulties the new countries have faced, and must continue to face, we must remember that even the cities of the old Member States had to be integrated into the system and territory of the Community. Consequently, social problems – spatial segregation, crime, lack of housing, unemployment – are the crucial problems we must confront and continue to solve, especially given that the URBAN programme will no longer be continuing as one of the Community initiatives of the European Union."@en1

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