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Mr President, I would like to thank the Members of the European Parliament for their wide-ranging and creditable contributions. It shows that Parliament has taken a thorough and diverse interest in these matters.
It has been agreeable to note that one broadly unifying factor is the notion that cohesion policy should not be implemented as an end in itself. Rather, the main aim is to bring about equality between people, for their benefit, and to achieve concrete results.
Another central issue, which I mentioned in my opening address, is partnership and civil society. A third issue worth mentioning is the environment, sustainable development and security. All these factors will bring the European Union close to the people, as a means of helping them, and they will be an opportunity for making the relationship between the public and the European Union a closer one.
In addition, I wish to make a brief comment, mainly on two matters: the recycling of unspent resources, and the Lisbon objectives and the Structural Funds.
For the first time, the Council adopted a position on the matter of the recycling of unspent resources when it was negotiating the interinstutional agreement, and that position was a negative one. Owing to repeated requests to do so by the Committee on Regional Development, the country holding the presidency at the time once again raised the matter for debate by the Council’s Committee of Permanent Representatives. This committee at the time rejected the European Parliament’s proposal almost unanimously. The delegations also refused to make any statement on the matter.
As I understand it, Parliament and the Commission are to make a joint statement on this issue. This, I think, is a good way to proceed. The Council, however, will not be able to agree with the contents of the statement, as there is no genuine desire in the Member States to discuss the recycling of unspent resources midway through the programming period.
The Lisbon objectives for growth, competitiveness, and employment should not, in my opinion, be regarded as opposites within the social and regional dimension. On the contrary, the Lisbon objectives, once properly implemented, will ensure that special regional features are taken into account and that in the future too, effective cohesion policy will be pursued.
My views on the matter can be debated in greater detail at the meeting of the Committee on Regional Development next Monday in Brussels, which I will be attending. Finally, may I warmly thank everyone for their high levels of cooperation."@en1
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