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Vort lands tilbagestående udvikling skyldes to forhold: de kendte kroniske struktursvagheder og den katastrofale virkning af den internationale krise, som naturligvis er større i et land som Grækenland, end den er i et land som f.eks. Vesttyskland.
It is in an awareness of this role to be played by the regions and of this polarity that I have tabled amend ments seeking to bring about a permanent consultative conference of the regions, which could be, as I see it, the launching-pad for a senate of the regions of the Community.
Derfor mener vi ved at støtte den græske regerings stilling, som indeholdes i det velkendte græske memorandum, at imødegåelse af strukturproblemerne kræver en særordning, selvfølgelig stadigvæk under hensyn til Fællesskabets interesser.
Finally, I would like to stress that particularly so far as Greece is concerned the matter is also linked to certain monetary problems.
Det vil sige, det kræver en koordineret aktion af Fællesskabets udviklingspolitik, der også giver mulighed for afvigelse fra visse konkurrencebestemmelser til støtte for den græske industri og vor eksporthandel.
The overall development policy in Greece must be combined with the integration of our national currency, the Drachma, into the European Monetary System.
Det direkte valgte Parlaments femårige mandat synes at være omkranset af to ændringer af regionalfonden, den i 1979, EFRU II, og de kommende ændringer, EFRU IV.
The path we can and should follow in the European Community proceeds via an open economic policy, and I fear that this is not widely appreciated, and that I must therefore stress it.
Indimellem har vi i Parlamentet regelmæssigt, jeg vil næsten sige endeløst, debateret på grundlag af de forslag, der var forelagt for EFRU III, og som desværre aldrig blev fulgt op af en afgørelse i Rådet.
This also means that the European Monetary System should take into account the special problems of all the Member States, so that the time will come when all the currencies of the Ten can be included in it.
Nu, hvor vi står over for et nyt forslag fra Kommissionen — og jeg håber, hr. formand, at dette forslag vil komme over målstregen i Rådet — må jeg sige på min gruppes vegne, at det især glæder os, at Kommissionen i dette forslag har medtaget alle de gode resultater af de forudgående drøftelser; den har forelagt et forslag af varlig fællesskabskarakter.
Mr Pesmazoglou (NI). — (GR) Mr President, I would like to congratulate Mr De Pasquale for his excellent report, which presents an integrated state ment of the problem of Greece's economic develop ment, and especially that of regional development.
Vor gruppe vil da også i brede træk støtte forslaget.
I would also like to say that the comments Mr Faure has just made are worth noting.
Lad os ikke have illusioner med hensyn til den fore slåede nye forordning vedrørende EFRU.
Greece faces a regional development programme that falls within the scope of the European Community.
Den nye ordning med at fastsætte den industrielle tilbagegang som en af de to ligeberettigede interventionsforudsætninger fra fondens side ændrer radikalt karakteren af Fællesskabets regionalpolitik.
I want to comment on this, but before doing so, I would like to express my faith that a planned policy of regional development in Greece, and more generally within the Community as a whole, is possible within the framework of the Community ; in other words I do not subscribe to the comments made by our colleague Mr Adamou on behalf of the Greek Communist Party.
Desuden fastlægges der i forordningen ingen klare fællesskabskriterier for fondens interventionspolitik;
Mr Nikolaou (S). — (GR) Mr President, on the opportunity of the common debate on Mr De Pasquale's two truly excellent reports, I would like to refer to the ERDF and the Commission's new proposals relating to regional problems in Greece, which as we all know are common to the problems of southern Europe as a whole.
Vor gruppe støtter også budgetudvalgets forslag om at styrke den europæiske regionalpolitiks fællesskabskarakter yderligere ved også konkret i forordningsteksten at prioritere fællesskabsprogrammer forud for medfinansiering af nationale programmer (artikel 6, stk. 5, og artikel 46).
Our country's retarded development is due to two factors : to its wellknown chronic structural weak nesses, and to the catastrophic effect of the international economic crisis, which is of course more greatly felt by a country like Greece than one such as West Germany, for example.
Endvidere går vi ind for det ændringsforslag, hvor det fastslås, at bistand til strukturelt tilbagestående regioner fortsat er fondens mål. Dette må ikke over skygges af omstruktureringen af industrielle regioner i forfald.
Mrs Boot (PPE). — (NL) I shall not discuss the report which the Secretariat has published under my name.
forenede Kongerige at gå ind, hvis der ikke blev skabt en regionalpolitik og en regionalfond. Heldigvis var det jo det, der skete.
For this reason we believe, in support of the Greek Government's position as expressed in the wellknown Greek Memorandum, that dealing with the structural problems will require special measures, always of course within the framework of the Community's interests as a whole.
Men vi og andre lande gik ud fra, at regionaludviklingsfonden og socialfonden ville komme til at spille samme rolle som den fælles land brugspolitik, og at disse tre tilsammen ville hjælpe til med at afhjælpe den manglende balance mellem de rige og de fattigere regioner i Fællesskabet.
In other words, it will require coordinated action by all the common develop ment policies, and the concession of possible exemption from certain rules of competition in support of Greek industry and our export trade.
Men ak, de udviklede sig ikke sådan, som man havde forventet.
Unfortunately I see no other way for Greece today.
Hvis det var sket, ville det ikke have været nødvendigt at kævles om den alt for store del af budgettet, som landbruget lægger beslag på, eller om uretfærdigt fordelte bidrag til budgettet.
The five-year life of this directly-elected Parliament seems to have begun and ended with a reform of the Regional Fund, the 1979 reform, ERDF II, and the forthcoming reforms, ERDF IV.
Men det nytter ikke at græde over spildt mælk.
In between we have had regular, I would almost say endless, debates on the proposals for ERDF III, on which a decision was unfortunately never taken in the Council.
Hvad vi derimod med fordel kan gøre, er at sikre os, at de penge, der stilles til rådighed for regionalfonden, bliver anvendt så effektivt som muligt, og det er det, vi prøver at opnå ved revisionen af forordningerne.
Now that we are discussing a new proposal, and one which I hope, Mr President, will reach the finishing line in the Council, I must say on behalf of my group that we are particularly pleased that this proposal from the Commission reflects the satisfactory aspects of all the discussions we have had.
Min gruppe har navnlig forståelse for en række ændringsforslag, der skal bringe regionalfondsforordningen i overensstemmelse med de beslutninger af principiel karakter, der blev truffet under drøftelserne om de britiske foranstaltninger.
As for the proposed new regulation governing the ERDF, let us not harbour delusions. This new regulation, in nominating industrial weakness as one of the two equivalent prerequisites for intervention by the Fund, radically alters the nature of the Community's regional policy.
Det drejer sig her især om procentsatsen for bistand fra fonden. En overskridelse, af det normale »fifty-fifty-forhold« mellem national og europæisk finansiering er fortsat mulig, såfremt det bevises, at det specielt er nødvendigt (artikel 12, stk. 6; artikel 17, stk. 1).
In fact, it creates — I should say deliberately — the danger of transferring the centre of gravity from the geographical concentration of inter ventions in favour of the poorer regions, to the industrial and social problems of the already over-developed North.
Også det ændringsforslag, der vedrører tilbagebetaling af den støtte, som medlemsstaterne har modtaget med urette eller for meget, opfatter vi som en klar forbedring for eksempel i tilfælde af stærkt reducerede projekter eller delvis manglende gennemførelse af planlagte projekter.
I should just like to refer to a few amendments that have been tabled by the committee and by the rapporteur, Mr De Pasquale. Perhaps the most important of these amendments is the one that says the Commission rather than the Council should have the decision making power.
Gennemsigtigheden af den finansielle forvaltning forøges derved.
We hope this amendment — No 17 — will be approved.
Vi har altid ment, at det afgørende for tildeling af penge fra regionalfonden burde være, hvor alvorlige de regionale problemer var, set på baggrund ikke blot af forholdene i de enkelte medlemsstater, men i hele Fællesskabet.
My group is divided over the rapporteur's amendment concerning the concentration of resources on the southern Member States, because it would result in a substantial reduction in resources for the Benelux countires and France.
Disse tal bekræfter vor opfattelse af, at det er af afgørende betydning at koncentrere fondsmidlerne, hvis der skal gøres noget ved problemerne.
Besides, the common criteria relating to the priorities of the Fund's policies are not explicitly stated in the regulation, but are defined on the basis of procedures for harmonizing the general situation regarding regional development.
En sådan koncentration er, hvad Kommissionen oprindelig foreslog, men Rådet ville ikke acceptere dens forslag, og så fremsatte Kommissionen nogle ændrede forslag.
However, if this harmonization is to work properly it must conform to the essential condition of convergence of the economies.
I ændringsforslag nr. 12 forsøger vi at forøge koncentrationen ved at hæve både den mini- og den maksimale støtte, der er fore slået for de fire fattigste medlemmer af Fællesskabet, men i lighed med min kollega vil jeg gerne høre noget mere bestemt fra Kommissionen om, hvordan der faktisk skal søges om disse penge.
Thus, for example, the Athens and Thessaloniki regions would not be excluded on the grounds that they are the most prosperous within Greece, even though the per capita income in those cities is far below the average income in the Community as a whole.
Det er også magtpåliggende for os, at græsrødderne — de lokale myndigheder — får indflydelse på de forslag, der berører deres område.
As for the new quantitative limits, the so-called cut-off levels, we consider tht these should be based on the true socioeconomic situation and not on the 1981 quotas, which in any case — at least for the time being — are devoid of any legal validity.
Vi vil også gerne opmuntre frivillige organisationer og har stillet ændringsforslag nr. 23 til punkt 17 for at gøre det muligt, at frivillige bidrag kan indgå på lige fod med den offentlige finansielle indsats.
We therefore express reservations about the adequacy of the increase from 11.5 to 15.6 %, which is not only unrepresentative, but also restricts the rights that Greece has had up to now to take up resources.
Han har været upartisk, meget fair, og ganske fremragende.
After all, the Member States themselves are in many respects best able to fund the restructuring that this involves.
I sidste weekend faldt jeg over nogle gamle papirer fra 1973, før vi tilsluttede os Fællesskabet, hvori det blev fremhævet, at det ville være umuligt for Det
Finally, Mr President, we believe that alongside the Community's objectives, equal weight should be given to the respective national regional policies of Member States, and this at two levels.
Igen må vi, som vi har gjort det i de sidste 9 år, understrege betydningen af en koordinering af fondenes aktiviteter.
My Group sympathizes with various amendments seeking to bring the Regional Fund regulation into line with the decisions of principle taken during the consultations on the British measures.
I min gruppe er vi generelt modstandere af, at der etableres nye fonde, og vi finder det mere effektivt, hvis nye opgaver, såsom
In particular, they concern the proportion of assistance that should
aktivering af de lokale myndigheder og samfundsorganisationer og med tilpasning til den ny teknologi og de moderne produktions- og ledelsesmetoder.
We also feel that the amendment concerning the repayment of subsidies wrongly paid to the Member States or in excess of what was their due would be a significant improvement, for example, where projects have been substantially cut back or not implemented in full.
En balance mellem regionerne og mellem social, regional- og landbrugsfonden er af afgørende betydning for udviklingen af et harmonisk Fællesskab, for før vi formindsker uligheden mellem de rige og de fattige regioner, vil vi aldrig kunne mobilisere den fornødne politiske vilje til at etablere det fulde samarbejde inden for og mellem medlemsstaterne, som er af afgørende betydning, hvis vi skal skabe grundlaget for et bedre liv for alle borgere i Fællesskabet.
Member States but also in relation to the Community as a whole should be the prime consideration in allocating Regional Fund money. Until recently, we had no Community statistics on which to base our proposals, but with the publication of the first periodic report, and now at least a press summary of the second periodic report, we have some statistics on which to judge the relative deprivation of the different regions.
Vi mener, at De Pasqualebetænkningen viser Parlamentets mod til en særbehandling af det græske tilfælde inden for traktaternes rammer, og vi vil stemme for den.
The figures for the first time give the situation of the regions adversely affected by the decline of certain industrial sectors which are not by any means always in the richer countries and I regret that the area that I represent is in the least prosperous quarter with an index of only 80% of the Community average.
Kyrkos (COM). — (GR) Hr. formand, jeg har lige to minutter til at tale om de fire betænkninger, som alle animerer os betydeligt til åt forelægge vore tanker.
To conclude, I should just like to refer to Article 1 (3) of this proposal for a regulation, which concerns bilateral coordination between Member States of regional development in the frontier regions.
Derfor håber jeg, De vil tilgive mig, hvis jeg begrænser mig til nogle bemærkninger om betænkningen vedrørende Grækenland.
This is one of those points that gives hope of fresh prospects.
Pöttering (PPE). — (DE) Hr. formand, mine damer og herrer, når fru Kellett-Bowman giver en kompliment fra højre side af salen, set fra formandens plads — fra venstre side for hr. De Pasquale, stadig væk set fra formandens plads — kan jeg som kristelig demokrat, for ikke at være ensidig, egentlig kun takke fru Kellett-Bowman og hr. De Pasquale meget hjerteligt for deres engagerede arbejde.
If these aspects are covered by a new regulation, it will in essence mean a different approach in both legal and administrative terms to the strengthening of trans frontier cooperation.
Jeg er glad for, at jeg også kan dele fru Kellett-Bowmans ros til formanden for udvalget om regional politik og fysisk planlægning, hr. De Pasquale, og det har en vis betydning, at alle kræfter, konservative som kommunister, på en udmærket og konstruktiv måde har samarbejdet inden for dette udvalg, således at hr. De Pasquale i dag kan præsentere resultatet af vore bestræbelser.
Mrs Kellett-Bowman (ED). — Mr President, these reports before us this evening are of crucial impor tance to tens of millions of Community citizens in the poorer regions, and before I begin, may I pay a tribute to Mr De Pasquale, not merely for his excellent rapporteurship over the Regional Development Fund, but for his excellent chairmanship of the committee during this first very important period. He has been impartial, very fair and quite excellent.
Imidlertid vil jeg ikke sige noget om betænkningerne af De Pasquale, men tale om hr. Griffiths' betænkning om regionernes betydning og deres inddragelse i den demokratiske proces.
These figures confirm our view that concentration of Fund resources is essential if any impact is to be made on the problems.
Jeg tror, at der her i plenarforsamlingen — og sådan var det også i udvalget — hersker enighed om, at vi, hvis vi vil gøre regionalpolitikken til et bærende element for den europæiske politik, ikke kan løse regionernes problemer ved forhandlingsbordene i Bruxelles, Rom, London, Paris eller Bonn.
This concentration is what the Commission originally proposed, but the Council would not accept its proposals and the Commission put forward modified proposals.
Vi er nødt til at inddrage regionerne i beslutningsprocessen.
We are seeking to stregthen the Commission's new proposals by Amend ment No 2.
Grækenland, som De Pasqualebetænkningen ved rører — og jeg vil gerne takke ham, fordi han har formået i få linjer at redegøre for problemets særlige karakter — tiltrådte for ikke længe siden EF, det er den senest tilkomne partner, og vi må oprigtigt sige, at vor tiltrædelse var et chok.
In Amendment No 12, we seek to increase concentration by raising the lower and higher limits of the range of aid proposed for the four poorest Members of the Community, but, like my colleague, we should like greater certainty from the Commission as to how in fact applications are supposed to be made for this money.
En underudviklet eller udviklingsøkonomi befandt sig pludselig i et udviklet Fællesskab.
We are also anxious that those at the grass roots — the local authorities — should have a say in what is proposed for the areas they serve.
Hvordan gør vi det?
(Cries of Hear, hear!)
Jeg vil ikke fortie, at der har været store diskussioner om det nødvendige instrumentarium.
Once again we stress, as we have done for the past 9 years, the importance of coordination between the funds.
For det andet skal der være et repræsentativt organ, som skal være den permanente forhandlingspartner for Kommissionen, Europa-Parlamentet og alle regionerne.
In my group, we are in general opposed to the setting up of any new funds and would consider it more efficient for new tasks such as Mediterranean programmes to be carried on by the existing Regional Fund.
Her var vi både på konferencen om regionerne og i udvalget af den mening, at vi skal reformere det såkaldte rådgivende udvalg for lokale og regionale myndigheder i Det europæiske Fællesskab, der er udgået fra Rådet af Europas kommuner, således at det skal være udgangspunkt for en permanent officiel kontakt mellem regionerne, kommunerne og Det europæiske Fællesskab.
Balance between the regions and a balance between the social, regional and agricultural funds are essential to the growth of a harmonious Community, because until we diminish the disparity between the richer and poorer regions we shall never have the political will for the full cooperation within and between Member States which is essential if we are to build a better life for all our citizens.
Men vi bemærker en vis afstand mellem ord og handling, og jeg tror, at De Pasquale-beslutningsforslaget vil bidrage til at fjerne denne uoverensstemmelse.
This, I am happy to say, of course was done, but we and other countries assumed that the Regional and the Social Fund would develop into equal partners with the common agricultural policy and that the three policies together would help to redress the imbalances between the richer and poorer regions of the Community.
For os, kære kolleger, er tiltrædelsen også adgang til en ny slagmark for social kamp.
Alas, they did not develop as had been expected.
Vi er afgjort imod enhver tendens til at overlade til Fællesskabet ansvaret for den græske økonomis udvikling.
Had this happened, there would have been no need to bicker over the excessive share of the budget consumed by agriculture, nor over inequitable budgetary contributions, but it is useless bewailing what might have been.
Vi tror, at målet for vore bestræbelser må være en ændring af alle de tilbagestående strukturer i vort land, og vi mener, at det er vort lands ansvar at finde en ny plads i Fælles skabet og udnytte de muligheder, som tiltrædelsen tilbyder, med konkrete programmer, med mobilisering af befolkningens kapacitet, med decentralisering,
What we can usefully do is to see that the money made avail able for the Regional Fund is most effectively spent, and this we are seeking to do with the reform of the regulations.
Nu må jeg desværre sige, at det forslag, vores ærede kollega, hr. Forth har stillet om at oprette et senat for regionerne, efter vores vurdering ikke er den rigtige vej; så vil vi nemlig få et nyt bærende element ved siden af Europa-Parlamentet.
We have always believed that the intensive regional problems measured not just in relation to individual
Efter vores opfattelse skal vi derimod styrke Europa-Parlamentet, udvide dets beføjelser og ved siden af det rådgivende udvalg også overlade en større del af indflydelsen til regionerne.
Mr Kyrkos (COM). — (GR) Mr. President, I have just two minutes in which to speak on four reports, all of which contain a great deal of food for thought.
I det hele bør vi i dette spørgsmål om organisationen af det repræsentative organ lade en høj grad af fleksibilitet råde og tage hensyn til alle de involverede parters interesser.
Please forgive me, therefore, if I limit myself to a few comments regarding the report that deals with Greece.
Men af hensyn til den historiske sandhed bør det nævnes, at det politiske parti, jeg tilhører, Nyt Demokrati, i august 1981, da det havde regeringsmagten, fremsatte et lignende memorandum over for Komissionen, hvori det anmodede om forståelse, men også imødekommenhed over for den græske økonomis særpræg og anvendelse af de muligheder, som protokol nr. 7 i tiltrædelsesakten giver.
I am very happy that I, too, can echo the praises of our friend Mrs Kellett-Bowman for the Chairman of the Committee on Regional Development and Regional Planning, Mr De Pasquale, and it is rather significant that all shades of political opinion, from Conservative to Communist, have collaborated in an exceptionally constructive way on the Committee in question, to enable Mr De Pasquale to present the fruits of our labour today.
Til slut vil jeg gøre en bemærkning om fru Boots betænkning, der desværre — det er noget, min gruppe i høj grad beklager — ikke fik en rimelig medfart i Parlamentet.
I do not want to talk about the De Pasquale report but the Griffiths report on the importance of the regions and their inclusion in the democratic process.
Netop denne betænkning om grænseoverskridende samarbejde havde fortjent at blive genstand for en bred debat.
I believe it is agreed here in the House — it certainly was in committee — that, if we are going to make the regional policy a pillar of European policy, we cannot decide on the regions' problems in Brussels, Rome, Paris or Bonn.
Det er dog rent praktiske problemer, det drejer sig om i spørgsmålet grænseregioner. Tag for eksempel et udrykningskøretøj, der skal assistere et sted i nabolandet, men ikke kan det, fordi der i køretøjet er installeret en radio, der ikke må transporteres over grænsen.
We must involve the regions in the decisionmaking process.
Eller tag et offer for en ulykke, der ikke må bringes til det nærmeste sygehus på den anden side af grænsen, fordi det ikke er tilladt.
An under developed or developing economy suddenly found itself part of a developed Community.
Der finder ej heller nogen afstemning sted om egnsplanlægning mellem kommuner på begge sider af grænserne, eller der bliver udledt spildevand fra en industri på den ene side af grænsen i en flod, således at det andet land til syvende og sidst står med skaden.
It is quite obvious that to further the convergence of Greece's economy with those of the other countries and over come the specific problems involved, there must be an enhanced flow of financial means from the structural funds, with implementation of the integrated Mediterranean programmes mainly directed towards the restructuring of agriculture at the levels and to the schedule proposed by the Commission, help in supporting industry, arts and crafts during a period of transition, and finally the taking of specific measures.