The concerted nature of these policy actions strengthened the cohesion among those countries with closely aligned interest rates .

Finally, that the European Community is able to keep what it has, namely a range of instruments, including subsidies, with which to go on pursuing a policy of cohesion and consolidation in Europe, as part of European integration.

The threat to the EU s political cohesion is even greater than the military risk.

VITALONE sovereignty of any state may be stifled or seized with impunity.

The concerted nature of these policy actions strengthened the cohesion among those countries with closely aligned interest rates .

Their interests are not served by this report and that is why I shall vote against it.

Indonesia belongs to a different world culturally and economically and India is a very different Asia as well. Nor does Asia cohere politically parts of it are democratic, other parts are ruled by despots.

assume the responsibilities of cohesion policy vis à vis the 13 Member States which will be major beneficiaries,

assume the responsibilities of cohesion policy vis à vis the 13 Member States which will be major beneficiaries,

And their failure is exacerbating the risks to the EU s political cohesion that emerged over the Greek crisis.

I urge Parliament in the strongest terms to vote for my amendment no. 50, by which these two points are reinstated in the report.

This is a dangerous combination that erodes social cohesion, political effectiveness, current GDP growth, and future economic potential.

At EU level, most of the available financial support for nature protection comes from rural development programmes under the Common Agricultural Policy and Cohesion policy programmes.

economic, social and territorial cohesion

But the Community can have no interest in seeing Gorbachev's and the other reformers' position destabilized.

Inclusion sustains social and political cohesion and hence the very growth needed to help mitigate the effects of rising inequality.

Subject Economic cohesion

(h) Enhancing social cohesion and solidarity by

( k ) the strengthening of economic and social cohesion

At all events this should not affect areas coming under the first pillar, such as the single market or economic and social cohesion policy.

The EU s cohesion strategy is admirable and smart.

In our view the realisation of EMU depends on the existence of political will.

Price stability thus also contributes to social cohesion . Moreover , in an environment of stable prices , it is easier for people to disentangle changes in relative prices ( i.e. movements in prices of any individual good or service ) from changes in the general price level .

At a later stage, the Commission will set out proposals which will then be presented to the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers for a new cohesion policy to take effect from 1 January 2007.

PROTOCOL ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND TERRITORIAL COHESION

Protocol on economic, social and territorial cohesion

Asymmetric shocks a threat to cohesion

I am thinking, for instance, of the row in France over the Muslim headscarf, since that is an issue, Mr Ford, in which matters are not as simple as you have made them out to be, an issue over which many people fought and fell out, because it impinged on the question of secularity, which is a republican principle in our country, because the protection of women was involved and the subject could not be dismissed as you have done.

That will produce another strong element of integration, although limited to the field of action of the Council of Europe.

Assessment of the impact of the Cohesion Fund

On the other hand, we are ready to join with all like minded people in action in this House and outside, as we were invited to do in the Ford report.

Community tesearch is one of the great elements of Eutopean cohesion.

This gives rise, therefore, to serious concern, particularly in fields such as cereals, milk and milk products and meat, especially beef and veal.

At a time when public money is scarce and when growth enhancing investment is more needed than ever, the Commission has decided to propose important changes to cohesion policy.

At a time when public money is scarce and when growth enhancing investment is more needed than ever, the Commission has decided to propose important changes to cohesion policy.

Cohesion should never be forgotten when discussing Europe's future.

At all events, with the Community budget limited to a ceiling of 1.045 of GDP, the 0.36 which should go to cohesion policy does not seem to the EESC sufficient in itself to enable the Union to achieve its cohesion objectives for 2007 2013.

At a time when public money is scarce and when growth enhancing investment is more needed than ever, the Commission has decided to propose important changes to cohesion policy.

A word now about taxation. If we are to make sure that economic and monetary union does not lead to the productivist, twospeed Europe that threatens on the horizon, we must avoid fiscal competition between states.

ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND TERRITORIAL COHESION

As the Second Cohesion Report demonstrates, the Cohesion actions have, since 1988, resulted in a significant narrowing in economic disparities within the European Union.

I must tell Parliament that since the outcome of the vote accords with the line adopted by the Committee on Budgets, the Council will abandon the second reading of the letter of amendment.

financial support from the Cohesion Fund.

Assistance from the Fund by Member State

Furthermore , price stability is the best and , ultimately , the only contribution that a credible monetary policy can make to economic growth , job creation and social cohesion .