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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2008 draft general budget: Section III – 2008 draft general budget: Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071023.23.2-245"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-10-23-Speech-2-2462
lpv:speaker	lp:Samuli Pohjamo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2007-05-22--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2007-04-23--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2007-05-07--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-05-24--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2007-05-24--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (2007-04-23--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2007-05-22--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I too would like to begin by thanking the rapporteur Kyösti Virrankoski for his excellent preparation of the budget. He has listened to the different parties concerned, and has also taken the proposals of the Committee on Regional Development into proper consideration. The rapporteur Mr Itälä has also done a very good job. It is important that the appropriations for regional development remain at an adequate level. At the same time, we have to ensure that regional policy practices and administration are simplified and clarified both in the Union and in the Member States, so that all the appropriations set aside for regional development can be spent more effectively and wisely in the Member States to reduce regional differences and to implement the Lisbon Strategy. The bureaucracy that is the bugbear of the Union also disrupts the implementation of regional policy. The first year of the new programming period is almost over, and most of the programmes are still unapproved. This is a serious problem, as the rapporteur said. Because the Commission and the Member States have been dawdling, projects have been slow to begin and the first year of the programming period will be a problematic gap year. The Commission should approve the rest of the programmes without delay, so that the appropriations reserved in the budget can be spent effectively and fruitfully, and so that the new programmes can get under way properly."@en1

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