Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-01-31-Speech-3-032"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-01-31"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Economic and social cohesion2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010131.3.3-032"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-01-31-Speech-3-0332
lpv:speaker	lp:Konstantinos Hatzidakis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees for relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (2000-08-30--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Commissioner, as Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, I have to say that the report on cohesion is indeed an excellent basis for discussion and I trust that we shall be holding this discussion in the Committee on Regional Policy very soon and that it will be a very global discussion. Now, as a Member of the European Parliament, I have to say that it is clear from the report on cohesion that there has been a relative improvement in our efforts to achieve economic and social cohesion in the European Union and that, as you rightly said, we have had more success with the economic indicators than we have with the social indicators. Some countries, such as Ireland, have taken greater advantage of the opportunities given to them than have other countries. So the message which we should send out from the House today is that we need more efficient administration on all sides, especially on the part of the Member States and regions and, of course, we need incentives, such as the performance reserve, so that we can use European taxpayers' money more efficiently. Obviously, I agree that we need to start focusing on the poorest regions and countries of the European Union right now and again after 2006. But we must not forget one very important point: today's poorer countries are not going to get richer purely and simply because enlargement will artificially reduce the average per capita GDP in the European Union. That is something we must bear in mind if we are to avoid straying into misguided policies. I therefore think that we need to concentrate resources, we need to make better use of resources, we need to call for better administration both on the part of the Commission and of the Member States and regions; however, that must not cause us to forget one basic fact: that more people will want a slice of the cake after enlargement and as far as I am concerned, Commissioner, it is vital that we increase the size of the cake, that we increase the resources of the Structural Funds after 2006. I should like to hear your views on this."@en1

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