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"Mr President, Commissioner, in common with all Members of this House, I agree on the objectives of the new rural development funds and on the need to strengthen the second pillar of the common agricultural policy. I should like to add my voice to the congratulations offered to the rapporteur and welcome the input from the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. I am particularly grateful to Mrs Attwooll for helping to clarify a text that strikes me as decidedly overladen and not always easy to understand, not least by those who will have to implement it on the ground. The experience of the ongoing Leader programmes is a salutary lesson in the dangers of an excessively fussy, nit-picking set of guidelines.
I personally wanted to emphasise the need to take territorial cohesion into account. In order for this to become a reality, a balance must be struck between territories in line with the principle of equality among all citizens of the EU no matter where they live. Rural areas must not be defined in terms of the difference between them and urban areas. On the contrary, the relationship between the urban and rural environments needs to be strengthened by developing
public services and in particular complementarity and transport accessibility. The quality of life required to sustain an active population in the rural sectors entails cooperation and the joint implementation of essential financial resources.
Lastly, new territorial indicators are required to improve the process of evaluating and deciding upon measures to strengthen territorial cohesion. In addition to gross domestic product, there is also a need to include employment rates, the decentralisation index and the level of public-service provision. We await the Commission’s proposals in this regard, and not solely from you, Commissioner."@en1
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