Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-06-Speech-1-161"
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"Mr President, the Commission’s document and Parliament’s report set out a great many key proposals for ways in which assistance could be provided to rural areas, and especially to agricultural areas. I should like to focus on two particular issues that relate to non-agricultural matters. The first of these is infrastructure, or in other words water, roads, sewage systems and telephone lines, all of which are necessary in order to improve standards of living in rural areas. The second is education, since people from the countryside must be given the same educational opportunities as those from towns. Amongst other things, this would help stop the rural exodus.
A new trend has been noted, namely for people to move back to the countryside, but with the sole aim of living close to nature. It is important for country people to be able to work there in order to fulfil themselves professionally, notably within small and medium-sized enterprises.
People are moving away from the countryside. The proposal to encourage people to move back there will help maintain a demographic balance and reduce the negative selection process that stems from rural-urban migration. Communication technologies and new forms of transport mean that a great many people could live and work in rural areas. IT specialists and SME owners are but two examples. In order to do so, however, these individuals must be provided with the appropriate conditions, or at least some form of assistance. If we were to take such action, we would help preserve the tradition of family businesses, and at the same time strengthen family ties. The latter are of inestimable value for modern-day Europe. We would also ensure the survival of the values without which Europe, in the shape of the EU, would be unable to function and would lose its
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To sum up, money invested in rural areas will not go to waste. Europe will profit greatly from such investment in many key respects."@en1
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