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"Mr President, Tip O’Neill, the great Irish-American politician, once said: ‘all politics is local’. The same could be applied to the European Union in terms of development. All development has been regional. In particular, the success of my own country under the cohesion policy since we joined the European Union is a perfect example. We had a little over half the average GDP when we joined in 1973, but now we have one and half times the average GDP, notwithstanding the financial difficulties of the country at the present time. Secondly, as we move forward, one of the key aspects for us is going to be to simplify the procedure, put an emphasis on results and added value and try and cut down on red tape and regulation. You could fill in forms from here to the end of Parliament but, if there is no added value, it is of no benefit. If we do that, we can continue to make progress and I certainly look forward to seeing the regional policy ..."@en1
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