Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-22-Speech-2-145"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2003 budgetary procedure2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021022.6.2-145"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-22-Speech-2-1462
lpv:speaker	lp:Konstantinos Hatzidakis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I wish to speak about regional policy and transport issues, but first let me congratulate the rapporteurs and the committee chairman on their work. Unfortunately, my news is not good news. The trans-European networks, despite the commitments made by the Essen Council, are progressing at a snail's pace. Priority works are at a standstill and the Council's response is further cuts. This being so, we in the Committee on Regional Policy and Transport wish to give our unconditional support to the amendments, also backed by the Committee on Budgets, which are designed to rectify this situation somewhat. Secondly, I also wish to express our serious concern about the disbursement of funds from the Structural Funds. We got off to a very slow start in 2000, for which the Member States were mainly to blame and the same applied in 2001. We know that the Commission is trying to do something about this and that Commissioner Barnier has tried to do something about this, especially with his recent communication and the meetings he has been holding with Ministers from the Member States. However, the Member States must do what they can. Someone commented, and I entirely agree, that the situation is worse in the rich Member States than in the poor. So they must do what they can to ensure funds are disbursed quickly and, of course, the Commission must monitor developments closely so that we can put a stop to this problem because, if things go on as they are, I am afraid that, in the end, a big chunk of Structural Fund resources will go to waste."@en1

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