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"Thank you Mr President. As Mrs Patrie has already said, 80 percent of the population of Europe live in towns or cities. The chances of a good life for these people depend entirely on the environment where they live. Unfortunately, towns and cities today are associated almost automatically with a bad environmental situation – large quantities of emissions, a lot of traffic and polluted waterways. But it does not actually need to be this way. Better knowledge and new technology provides the opportunity for a better environment in Europe's towns and cities. Clear legislation and careful control of this are yet other tools.
The towns and cities themselves have many of the instruments available to them, which help to improve the environment for their own citizens. It is often in the municipalities and towns that they are most aware of their own problems. With sensible town planning, well-functioning public transport and cooperation with other municipal interested parties, it is possible to provide citizens with a better environment. In practice, it is also at the local level that the environmental decisions we take here in Parliament are to be implemented. The climate issue is a good example of this. Reduced traffic and conversion from fossil fuels at a local level is necessary to achieve a change in the climate threat we are experiencing.
There needs to be a clear dialogue and good cooperation between the institutions of the Union and those acting at local level, that is the municipalities or towns and cities. I believe that Mrs Lienemann's report will contribute to this. However, we must also get citizens involved at local level. This can be done through cooperation with universities, voluntary organisations, companies and other actors. For this reason I feel that, in the definition of who can apply for funds from the framework programme, there must be room for organisations other than those we traditionally regard as municipal organisations. There are many good examples of municipalities cooperating with others. It is the spread of responsibility that is the important thing. This, in my opinion, should be a criterion. Therefore, I would like to support Amendment No 31."@en1
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