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

The EU s cohesion strategy is admirable and smart.

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.

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

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

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

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

There is something fundamentally wrong with EU policy.

At EU level, the Lisbon Treaty has firmly anchored development policy within EU external action.

Such unintended consequences pervade EU competition policy as well.

In fact, when it comes to EU cohesion, more cleavages are probably better than a single divide.

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,

The EU's foreign policy should be guided by the following goals

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.

The present proposal is in line with this policy adopted by the EU .

putting a stop to Moscow s divide and conquer politics by adopting a common EU energy  policy

As well as being vital for the EU's security of supply, the external dimension of EU energy policy must be consistent and mutually reinforcing with other external activities of the EU (development, trade, climate and biodiversity, enlargement, Common Foreign and Security Policy and others).

At all events, the content of international treaties and conventions signed by the EU must be reflected in all EU environmental policies.

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

And finally, a general lack of vision for the future of the European project has led to disaffection throughout the continent, undermining cohesion and, in turn, the EU s capacity to address the trials it faces.

There may be more than a little of this in Greek politics, and that of other EU countries.

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

So far, however, the EU has not come up with a coherent policy on migration.

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

monetary and exchange rate policy co operation between the euro area and other EU countries

I have always been skeptical about the rhetoric of a common foreign policy for the EU.

For this to be achieved, the EU must establish a common security policy and military force.

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

As yet, the EU has no remit for social policy.

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The EU s enlargement policy is not merely some expensive, expendable annoyance it is a vital component of the EU s security and outward projection of power.

All these committees play a key role in the economic policy coordination of EU Member States .

One strategy that combines rationality with the gradualism needed to overcome political resistance would be to increase the EU budget steadily, so that it can ultimately play a macroeconomic role, promoting stability and reinforcing cohesion within the eurozone.

Moreover , the EU Council assesses their consistency with the BEPG .

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

For its part, the EU would have to reconsider, for example, its policy on GM foods.

I have long worked to secure a much more common foreign policy within the EU.

It has come to symbolize the strict EU policy of drastically restricting European borders to migrants and asylum seekers.

( k ) the strengthening of economic and social cohesion

(h) Enhancing social cohesion and solidarity by

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

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

Indeed, attempts to address the problem by enlarging NATO or through an EU defense policy are counterproductive.