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"During the last two years, we have faced the most severe global economic crisis. Consequently, it is vitally important for our efforts to be targeted better in order to provide a fillip to competitiveness, productivity and the potential for economic growth.
The strategy’s objectives must be realistic. This is why they must be defined in close correlation with Member States’ national objectives, which are themselves defined according to the priorities and specific features of each Member State. As a result, I wish to welcome the notion that the objectives adopted at Community level should be divided into various national objectives.
As part of a Parliament resolution, I asked the Commission to table new measures, such as possible sanctions for Member States which fail to apply the strategy and incentives for those which do. In fact, funding from the European Union should be conditional not only on achieving results, but also on compatibility with the strategy’s objectives. However, we must not ignore the importance of the cohesion policy in achieving the European Union’s economic and development objectives.
We must therefore scrutinise the Commission’s proposals closely because a proposal like this to automatically suspend the Structural Funds in the case of Member States with a large budget deficit would be an unrealistic measure and completely at variance with the cohesion policy’s objectives, specifically those aimed at reducing the disparities between Member States."@en1
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