Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-06-Speech-3-299"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Economic and social cohesion2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020206.12.3-299"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-06-Speech-3-3002
lpv:speaker	lp:Rijk van Dam2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2002-06-30)3 substitute; CONT (2002-01-17--2003-01-28)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the forthcoming enlargement of the Union gives this debate on economic and social cohesion a special dynamic. Indeed, it is evident that when the candidate countries join, the current system will prove to entail too heavy a financial burden. This forces us to make choices. The Commission has already indicated a few options, but we must give this matter some more thought. We believe that, in some cases, a policy in support of economic and social cohesion that also supplements national policy is useful and desirable. The Structural Funds have a special and relatively broad task in this respect. The Cohesion Fund, on the other hand, pertains to one particular aspect of economic cohesion, namely participation in EMU. In our view, this should also be at the heart of cohesion policy: helping Member States meet the convergence criteria, both before and after enlargement, without drawing a distinction between old and new. In that way, not too much will need changing. The reports of the Commission have also proven that the current system works. The Cohesion Fund is intended to provide economic stimuli on the basis of transparent, clearly defined criteria. As far as we are concerned, this is how things will remain, because otherwise we run the risk of losing our way in a structure of soft criteria, and the European and Monetary Union cannot survive on soft criteria. That is why I have tabled a number of amendments to which an honest but plain approach is central. I hope that fellow MEPs will give this matter serious thought."@en1

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