Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-13-Speech-4-022"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-10-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The urban dimension in the context of enlargement2
dcterms:Language	"cs"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051013.3.4-022"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-10-13-Speech-4-0232
lpv:speaker	lp:Richard Falbr2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Česká strana sociálně demokratická (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Ladies and gentlemen, I had the pleasure and privilege of working with Mr Beaupuy on the report on the urban dimension in the context of enlargement. We agreed fairly early on that the problems affecting towns and cities in the new Member States are no different from those that have affected – and to a large extent continue to affect – urban centres in countries that became Member States much earlier. I mention this merely to confirm how similar we in fact are. I welcome the fact that Parliament is addressing the issue of towns and cities and large agglomerations and I hope that this initiative will meet with a commensurate response from the Commission in the form of practical measures. As I discovered in discussions with representatives from Czech towns and cities – and I have no reason to doubt that the situation is similar in the other new Member States – the most pressing problems include sizeable investment deficit inherited from previous years, property inherited from the army, transport and regenerating industrial waste ground and pre-fabricated housing estates; I could go on in this vein. We must not forget that towns and municipalities are important stakeholders in the EU’s cohesion policy. Between 2000 and 2006 some EUR 30 billion was earmarked for towns and cities, and I firmly believe that that figure will be exceeded in the forthcoming financial perspective 2007 – 2013. Some people complain of the red tape involved in submitting projects and applications for appropriations from the European funds. I should like to remind those people that we are talking about the money of European taxpayers, our fellow European citizens, and we must accordingly establish clear rules and exercise a certain degree of caution when dealing with them."@en1

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