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"I voted in favour of this report because demographic change is producing new challenges in many regions of the EU. Not all EU regions have realised that demographic change can bring risks, but they now have to understand that each region and each urban area needs its own strategy. In principle, this is the Member States’ responsibility, but the regions themselves must be proactive and, at the same time, they need guidance and prospects for the future. Demographic change, especially population ageing, has a clear impact on the provision of social infrastructure, such as pension systems, nursing care and health care, with regional authorities having to meet changing demand from various population groups. Moreover, the impact of demographic change varies substantially from region to region, depending on whether it is rapid or slow and whether the region concerned is a region of net immigration or of shrinking population and therefore requires a different adjustment strategy, and must be tackled in a coordinated way by all European, national and regional authorities. Attention should be drawn to the fact that in regions of shrinking population, particularly rural regions, quality of life is defined differently from the way it is in regions with a growing population, and therefore different support strategies are needed."@en1
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