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"en.20110623.37.4-361-500"2
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"While a large majority of the European population live in towns and while these towns are facing new challenges, the urban agenda within cohesion policy remained relatively unknown, disorderly and therefore inadequate. Today’s vote was the chance to emphasise the need to strengthen cooperation between towns and suburbs, as well as to give more consideration to specific urban challenges. As I am elected in the South-East constituency, I pay close attention to issues relating to towns, especially since Marseille is the second largest French city in terms of population. Like many other cities, Marseille is facing many challenges, such as public transport, employment, housing and combating social exclusion, which the EU can help to meet, in particular through its cohesion policy. This report focuses on three objectives that are: developing physical infrastructure; economic, social and environmental modernisation of towns; and ‘smarter’ urban development. Thus, without forgetting rural areas, the report stresses the role urban areas play in European regions and points out that urban areas should not be ‘forgotten’ if we want balanced regional development."@en1
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