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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	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060926.29.2-384"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-26-Speech-2-3852
lpv:speaker	lp:James Nicholson2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, first of all, cohesion funding has been very important in underpinning the success of the 2004 enlargement and, like others, I would like to thank the rapporteur for her work in that area. The economic progress seen over recent years in the EU-15 Member States that enjoyed cohesion funding represents something of a model for what we can do when EU resources are properly targeted and implemented. While the implementation of the Lisbon Agenda is largely a matter for the Member States, I am nevertheless pleased that the strategic guidelines set out an ambitious programme for growth and jobs, which we hope will be realised throughout the European Union. When the ten new Member States joined in 2004, we welcomed their membership for various reasons, not least because those countries in central and eastern Europe had marked a major milestone in their remarkably short transition from the horrors they had experienced under communism to democracy. We welcomed enlargement in the political sense. However, we also recognised that if enlargement was to work it would be necessary to provide adequate funding for the new Member States in order to boost their economies, thereby creating growth and jobs. I am pleased that we are using tried and tested mechanisms of structural and cohesion funding to achieve that important goal. The United Kingdom Government announced last year that it would offer an extra EUR 8 billion over the 2007-2013 budget period to help the new Member States build their economies and societies. While my constituents in Northern Ireland recognised that enlargement would bring with it a financial burden on the richer Member States, they were also keen to ensure that funding is allocated in ways that will bring sustainable improvement throughout the entire European Union. We appreciate that the economic development of eastern Europe will in the longer term bring economic advantages for all of us. As someone from Northern Ireland, I would just like to say that the people there were very envious of the cohesion funding received by the Republic of Ireland, because it certainly helped that country. It is an awful pity that Parliament, the Commission and the Council did not listen to us in the past when we asked for cohesion funding for Northern Ireland."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2004-10-21--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2005-10-24--2007-03-13)3 substitute; PECH (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-10-13--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Ulster Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Quaestors (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"James Nicholson (PPE-DE ). –"1

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