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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, with regard to the coherence of the actions to be taken, the Fifteen support a strengthening of this coherence at all levels, particularly between the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund, with a more specific focus being given to interventions.
Furthermore, requests for additional assessments, particularly on the efficiency of the current system, have been drawn up by certain Member States before they are prepared to advance further in the determination of procedures and mechanisms that will govern the future of economic and social cohesion policy. These procedures and mechanisms will be the subject of a global proposal from the Commission in 2004, in its third report on economic and social cohesion. In any case, it is clear that projects and action supported by the economic and social cohesion policy are particularly important to European citizens. This contributes to the process of bringing citizens closer to European institutions and policies.
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the Commission, by publishing the second report on economic and social cohesion, has paved the way for an important debate on the future of the European Union’s structural operations policy. The Council, during the informal meeting on regional policy that took place in Namur, listened very carefully to the presentation made by Commissioner Barnier. The Council then debated the issue in a calm atmosphere where everybody had the chance to speak and be heard. The discussions focused on questions of substance, in a climate that was generally positive.
However, no definitive option has yet been decided on. To do this, the questions asked in the second report need to be looked at in much greater detail. The Commission will continue its analysis and will encourage debate by organising working parties for each issue. The results of this will be used in the drafting of a third report, expected in 2004. At this point, it will be sent back to the Council and Parliament, on the basis of the Commission’s proposals, to be used at an earlier stage in the development of the future framework of cohesion policy."@en1
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