Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-26-Speech-2-381"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Strategic guidelines on cohesion (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060926.29.2-381"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-26-Speech-2-3822
lpv:speaker	lp:Brigitte Douay2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, reducing the disparities among regions, and particularly border regions, is an important challenge for the Community’s strategic guidelines. With this in view, we should emphasise the actions that will have a long-term impact, such as those carried out not only within the transport and environment sectors, but also in connection with the Lisbon Strategy, regarding support for SMEs and the cross-border labour market. It is regrettable, however, that, in this quest for balanced development, the border regions underpinning regional policy should sometimes be very different entities in terms of size and population and may have significant disparities linked to the statistical nomenclature. That can in fact result in unequal amounts being allocated from the Structural Funds, and there is, then, a great risk that strengthening the competitiveness of these cross-border regions – one of the priorities of cooperation – might turn into a form of fierce competition among neighbouring regions. The inequalities in development that could result on both sides of the borders would be liable to harm the European Union’s cohesion policy, even though one of the aims of this policy is to mitigate the negative effect of having borders. How, in this case, can we enable the citizens concerned to recognise the added value of the European Union? It is therefore imperative that we create the ideal conditions for balanced cross-border economic and social development and pay special attention to programmes aimed at achieving this cross-border cooperation. Finally, I should like to conclude by thanking Mrs Krehl for her report and, above all, for her boundless enthusiasm in championing a form of lasting cohesion."@en1

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