Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-21-Speech-2-710"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-09-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European strategy for the economic and social development of mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100921.23.2-710"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-09-21-Speech-2-7112
lpv:speaker	lp:Alan Kelly2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, to be frank, the areas that we are talking about tonight have been suffering for generations economically and socially and now, due to the effects of modern globalisation, they are faced with increased challenges. I represent an area that has many islands and that has the largest mountain range in Ireland. Like the previous two speakers, my colleagues from Ireland, I know the areas that have been suffering for many generations. Populations are shifting to urban areas; there is a lack of economic opportunities for young people – we could go on all day about the issues facing them. I believe that it is time that we recognise that cohesion policy, despite many successes and very noble efforts, has not fully succeeded in providing economic development across the Union, especially for these areas. I would hope that the response of the EU to this problem will lead to real, concrete differences by addressing the basis of this inequality and, very importantly, by adapting to modern needs such as the communications area, and especially next-generation broadband, which I believe is a huge issue. Access to communications is going to be the next big challenge; it represents a huge challenge at the moment. It is time to ensure we give these communities an economic lifeline. I would like to remind us all that we are obliged to do so under all the treaties."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2009-07-14--2011-02-24)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2011-02-24)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2011-02-24)3 substitute; PETI (2009-10-15--2011-02-24)3 unknown; Labour Party (2009-07-14--2011-02-24)3 substitute; AGRI (2009-07-16--2011-02-24)3 member; IMCO (2009-07-16--2011-02-24)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Alan Kelly (S&D )."1
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