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"I am grateful to Mrs Hübner for her responsible work. All the issues included in the resolution are of current concern to Latvia. Unfortunately, in the cohesion policy programme, Latvia is represented by a single region. By contrast, Poland, for example, consists of 16 regions. In this connection, blatant violations are taking place in the application of EU structural funds in Latvia. I have received many reports that far from promoting the application of EU funds, officials in the Latvian Ministry of Economics and the Ministry of Regional Development are impeding this process by demanding illegal payments from ordinary people in Latvia. The application of funds is not helped either by the fact that Latvia counts as one region. This gives politically committed forces the opportunity to ‘put a brake on’ projects in those local authorities where their political parties are not represented. By the same token, they give the green light to those who are included in their tight circle of corruption. All of this gives no opportunity for a region such as Latgale to make full use of the funds earmarked for the implementation of cohesion policy. A general review of the application and effectiveness of EU structural funds in Latvia needs to be carried out urgently. I am prepared to play an active part in such a review."@en1
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