Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-20-Speech-4-090"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-09-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE (continuation)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20010920.9.4-090"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-20-Speech-4-0912
lpv:speaker	lp:Carlos Coelho2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". I wish to congratulate Mr Marques on his excellent report. It is a fine piece of work which highlights several key points. I would like to stress the following aspects: 1. Cohesion is a treaty objective which it is vital to implement Economic and social cohesion, which is laid down in Article 2 of the Treaty establishing the European Community as one of the essential objectives of the Union, stipulates that the present disparities between the various regions should be reduced and possible imbalances should be prevented, with a view to promoting the harmonious development of the Community. In reality, there is still a great deal to be done to achieve this objective. 2. The Cohesion Fund fills a vital gap Cohesion also has a fundamental role to play in progress towards economic and monetary union, which implies convergence between the economies of the Member States. However, as the rapporteur rightly emphasises, the Maastricht Treaty did not provide for any support or cyclical adjustment measures within the framework of economic and monetary union, which means that the Structural Funds and in particular the Cohesion Fund are all the more important. 3. The objective of cohesion will not end with enlargement The rapporteur draws attention to the fact that the disparities between the present Member States could increase because of the impact and dynamics of enlargement. It is important to prevent this from happening and to respond to the temptations offered by those who, armed with statistics, are preparing to do away with the cohesion effort between the present 15 Member States. The objective of cohesion will not come to an end with enlargement; indeed it may and should be reinforced following enlargement. This will make enlargement an enormous challenge for the solidarity of the Union, requiring careful and efficient preparation taking into account the Union as a whole and its specific characteristics."@en1

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