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"en.20110705.34.2-497-750"2
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"I voted in favour of this document. Forecasts of global growth and population trends suggest that the European Community and its Member States will decline in significance. Whereas at present the EU-27 are still home to some 8% of the global population, by 2050 this figure will have fallen to 5%. Particularly because of growth in China and in important emerging countries, the EU’s share in the global economy will decline from 20% to around 12%. If the European Community wishes to compete economically and politically, and if this relative decline in significance is not to be accompanied by a loss of prosperity, the Community must act in a more concerted manner with regard to vital issues about securing its future. Cohesion policy and structural policy therefore have a key role to play in ensuring future competitiveness. Future policy must be oriented towards growth and innovation, but it can only be sustained by combining regional policy objectives with pan-European objectives concerning innovation, research and environmental challenges, and by exploiting the know-how of the more affluent regions. It is also necessary to reduce regional and social disparities, which prevent the EU’s potential from being fully exploited, because despite the trend towards a narrowing of interregional disparities, major imbalances still exist and are actually growing among/in some Member States. I agree that cohesion policy must continue to concentrate on reducing disparities and implementing harmonious and sustainable development for all regions of the Union, regardless of the Member State in which they are located."@en1
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