Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-13-Speech-4-033"

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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	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051013.3.4-033"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-10-13-Speech-4-0342
lpv:speaker	lp:Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2005-09-14--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PETI (2005-09-14--2007-01-14)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, it is high time that problems relating to cities and urban policy were given the priority they deserve in the context of the implementation of cohesion policy. This is particularly desirable if we remember that approximately 80% of the population of the European Union live in towns or cities, as has been emphasised several times already in this House today. Cities are crucial to regional development and also to attaining the Lisbon and Gothenburg objectives. It is cities and the areas surrounding them that generate growth and innovation plus economic, social and territorial cohesion. It is also the case, however, that the most complex problems tend to be concentrated in the cities. I have in mind social exclusion, spatial and ethnic segregation, violence, drugs, pollution, unemployment and illegal trading. There are marked discrepancies between European Union countries regarding urban policy, particularly after the most recent enlargement and the accession of 10 new Member States. These discrepancies are partly due to the different degree of economic development and partly also to the fact that certain new Member States do not have an urban policy in place at national or regional level. It is particularly in the new Member States that complex urban problems have been noted, relating amongst other issues to management of the housing stock, inadequate infrastructure, transport, protection of the natural environment and waste disposal. In addition, it is mainly in the new Member States that the most notable cases of problems caused by social exclusion or by living in neglected prefabricated slab housing estates can be found. That is why effective action to regenerate post-industrial premises is vital for those countries. The European Commission should waste no time in taking efficient action aimed at coordinating urban policy. In particular, the Commission should prioritise the development of tools for urban development, the exchange of best practice and experience and joint projects that strengthen interregional and transnational cooperation. Only then will it become possible for these cities that are new to the Union to become assets to it instead of liabilities, hence the importance of Mr Beaupuy’s report. I support it and would like to thank him very much for his work."@en1

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