Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-07-08-Speech-2-509"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-07-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Towards a new culture of urban mobility (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080708.41.2-509"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-07-08-Speech-2-5102
lpv:speaker	lp:Marian-Jean Marinescu2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-12-10--2008-11-16)3 member; TRAN (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2008-06-04--2009-07-13)3 member; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-12-10--2009-02-04)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (2008-01-08--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partidul Democrat-Liberal (2008-04-08--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"The urban policy does not fall under the European Union competence, but of the local and regional authorities, according to the principle of subsidiarity. Nevertheless, the degree of urbanization in the Union has been continuously increasing. Over three hundred million citizens live in cities and the percentage of urban population will exceed 80% by 2020. Urbanization and agglomeration have become a European problem because they affect the wellbeing of all European citizens. We are actually dealing with an increased demand for new and diversified means of transport, which causes an increase in the energy consumption, the degree of land use, and a progressive degradation of the air and soil quality. Although there are major differences at the level of national legislations, as regards the urban transport and the land use planning, the European Community institutions could get actively involved in coordinating the durable urban development and, first of all, the development of urban transport services and submit efforts to ensure the efficient dissemination of good practices. Our colleague Rack offers us eloquent examples of solutions provided both by modern technologies, such as virtual mobility, and by the consequent application of multimodality, optimization of the use of infrastructures, the use of alternative means of transport. Education and private initiative play an essential role for a Europe of green cities and the overall Community policies should take into consideration all long-term costs and provide pertinent suggestions, efficient interregional and cross-border cooperation mechanisms, as well as the necessary information resources. The structural and cohesion funds, mainly the major cause of urbanization, by their appropriate use at local and regional level, should become the most efficient and available resource for solving this challenge that 21 century Europe is dealing with."@en1
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