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"Madam President, this Regional Development Committee initiative report drafted by Mr Beaupuy is the opportunity to clearly highlight that urban problems are challenges that need to be dealt with at European level, not only at national or regional levels.
Following enlargement and bearing in mind the forthcoming accession of Romania and Bulgaria, it is obvious that now, more than ever, a pan-European strategy is needed in order to address the challenges of increased disparities in terms of urban policy between the Members of the Union.
In my country and in most of the new Member States, there are serious large-scale problems that need to be clearly addressed with comprehensive interventions such as economic and social actions, aimed at the revitalisation of deteriorated inner cities and the renovation of large post-war prefabricated housing estates.
The causes of these problems do not only relate to the new Member States, even if in these countries the situation is worse than elsewhere in the Union. In the new Member States, around 40% of the urban population lives in these deteriorated areas, creating ghettos within our cities. Beside the disastrous social and economic consequences of this deterioration, environmental aspects should also be addressed.
It is obvious that the new Member States and cities are simply unable to deal with these challenges on their own. The newly proposed regulation only allows for a very limited scope of intervention for integrated urban actions. Thus, the fate of the deteriorating inner city areas and the large housing estates will only get worse.
Everybody agrees that cities and urban agglomerations or areas have a central role to play in achieving the revitalisation and Göteborg objectives. It is also clear that cities and urban agglomerations play a major role in achieving regional development objectives. It is therefore of the utmost importance seriously to strengthen the urban dimension within the mainstream structure of EU programmes. Strengthening the urban dimension does not mean that we are requesting more money. On the contrary, we are calling for more flexibility and for the possibility to spend the available money on the most pressing and important issues."@en1
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