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"This particular own-initiative report, which I voted in favour of, follows on from a long hard debate on what is a very sensitive topic for Greece. It is true that progress to date in political cohesion has helped to reduce the equality divide between the regions. However, the economic times have changed and cohesion policy needs to adapt to them. As the most important Community instrument of solidarity between the poorest and richest areas of the EU, the new role of cohesion policy should be to step up efforts to prevent the creation of
economic islands or regions within the European structure. We therefore face a clear and specific challenge.
There are two points to which Greece will need to pay particular attention: 1. The cohesion policy Objective 1 regions; this point has to do with convergence in terms of gross national product, which needs serious strengthening. 2. Regions which are being phased out (which include Attica); these will need to be examined case-by-case on the basis of their most recent economic data, as the economic crisis may have reversed the data for previous years."@en1
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