Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-07-12-Speech-4-053"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-07-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Reducing disparities in the poorest regions of the EU (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070712.5.4-053"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-07-12-Speech-4-0542
lpv:speaker	lp:Pedro Guerreiro2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; EUL/NGL (2005-01-13--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (2005-01-13--2009-07-13)3,3 vice-chair; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2005-03-08--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2005-01-18--2009-07-13)3,3 member; REGI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"I would firstly like to commend the rapporteur for her own-initiative report, which underlines some aspects that we consider important, although we disagree with others, namely with regard to the debate on the future of the cohesion policy and the fourth report on the economic and social cohesion of the European Union. It is necessary here to stress that disparities, in particular regional ones, have increased dramatically with the successive rounds of EU enlargement, that the increase in regional disparities and the growth in the effects of polarisation at an internal level in each country has been proven, and that, in general terms, there is still a rich centre and a poor periphery, which has now been further expanded. By stressing these aspects we seek to make a clear case for the existence of a strong regional policy as an essential tool for the reduction of disparities and the promotion of real, as opposed to nominal, convergence in the poorest regions of the European Union. A strong regional cohesion policy is all the more necessary with the heightened costs of the internal market, the policy of liberalisation of markets and competition, and European and Monetary Union, as well as of the euro and its Stability Pact for the poorest regions of the European Union. It is essential that the regional cohesion policy is strengthened, with the much-vaunted social and economic cohesion and real convergence set as a central objective and policy of the European Union, reinforcing the redistributive role of the community budget and providing adequate funding so that the objectives proposed may effectively be achieved. If regional cohesion policy is to be effective then acts that detract from its value, such as the diversion of its funds to finance other policies and priorities which in no way contribute to achieving the objectives previously expressed, must be rejected."@en1

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