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"Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the own-initiative report by Mr Pohjamo, whom I would like to congratulate on his clear approach, once again highlights the objectives that must be met by regional policy and Structural Funds. They are the result, no more, no less, of the observation of failures in previous programmes. How can we therefore fail to agree with a number of proposals, which are declarations of intent that seek to make the programming system more efficient?
I would, however, like to highlight some priorities which appear important, particularly on the ground, when I visit my citizens. I hear the first comment time and time again, which concerns the limitation of small projects. General simplification is, of course, a laudable objective, but it must not automatically lead to large projects being favoured; only the good projects and those which are useful in terms of development and that are economically viable should be favoured.
The second comment relates to the political will to increase the involvement of Member States and their local and regional authorities in monitoring, but also, prior to this, in drawing up programmes, because we must bear in mind and remember that the most appropriate level from which to properly judge a project is the level that is closest to the person responsible for its initiation.
Lastly, every aspect of this subject, whether it be the definition of programmes in the regions, the way they are monitored or developed, or, above all, the way various assessments are completed, reminds me – and I hope that you will forgive me for using this expression – of a labyrinth. We must ensure that excessive collaboration and a surfeit of technocratic barriers do not put the projects at risk and do not result, as in France, in the funds being only partially used.
I cannot conclude without giving my thoughts on paragraph 12 of the report. It is curious, to say the least, to see the Commission being asked to interfere in the legal and administrative affairs of the Member States. In answer to whether to be more or less regionalised, this is their problem.
To sum up, it is all the more difficult to allow Europe, on the pretext of regionalisation, to once again assume a right that belongs to it because it results in the Member States being stripped of their substance."@en1
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