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"Mr President, I think that when planning changes which are so strategic, we should take very careful note of past experience. This experience tells us clearly that where money was spent on hard infrastructure investments and in accordance, primarily, with the GDP criterion, the expenditure brought advantages to the entire European Union, both to Member States which are net contributors to European funds and to those which are net beneficiaries. Acceleration of the process of reducing disparities in the level of infrastructure strengthened the common market and facilitated investment, which, after all, continues to flow mainly from net contributors to net beneficiaries. This gave clear European added value, which is something we have talked so much about today. Therefore, it is with concern that I look at a situation in which we are planning a reform of cohesion policy and adding new criteria – very vague social and ecological criteria – to the system for distribution of these funds. This money should continue to serve the poorest regions as defined by measurable criteria, in particular, concerning the achievement of hard infrastructure objectives."@en1
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