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NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY 2009 - THE CPMR CALLS FOR MARITIME TERRITORIAL COHESION - WWW.CRPM.ORG |
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15 BILLION EUROS FOR PROJECTS OF EUROPEAN INTEREST 
Antonio Tajani has been Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of transport policy since June 2008. Between 1994 and 2008 he was a member of the European Parliament, and between February 2002 and July 2003 he played a part in the Convention on the Future of Europe which drafted the text of the constitutional treaty. Commissioner Tajani has been open to the CPMR’s proposals aimed at boosting maritime transport in Europe, and on 21 January this year he launched the “Creation of a European maritime transport area without barriers”. Enrico Mayrhofer: The financial crisis has brought Keynes back to the fore and is reviving projects for major infrastructures: what are the Commission’s thoughts on this, and what prospects are there for partnership with the EIB?... TERRITORIAL COHESION, ONE OF EUROPE'S MAJOR POLITICAL OBJECTIVES 
Jean-Yves Le Drian, President of the Regional Council of Brittany, is the Rapporteur in the Committee of the Regions (CoR) for the European Commission’s Green Paper on territorial cohesion which was published last October. Former State Secretary for the Sea and former French MP, Mr Le Drian has actively participated in the debates held over recent months on territorial cohesion and which resulted in the adoption of a policy position put forward in Aarhus (DK) last month. Enrico Mayrhofer (EM): Mr Le Drian, the CoR has approved your report on territorial cohesion. What does territorial cohesion mean to Jean-Yves Le Drian? Jean-Yves Le Drian (JYL): At the moment, territorial cohesion is one of the EU’s major political objectives. The EU was initially created for economic cohesion; then social cohesion was addressed and now, with the Lisbon Treaty, territorial cohesion has been added...
TERRITORIAL COHESION IS AT THE CORE OF THE CPMR 
Territorial cohesion is at the core of the CPMR’s involvement, which is why we have made considerable efforts in this policy area over recent years, in particular for its inclusion in the Lisbon Treaty. The CPMR believes that territorial cohesion is a long-term process based on the key notion of equity between territories at a given scale of public action, and that it concerns cohesive dynamics to be implemented between the territories and the mechanisms underpinning this solidarity at different scales, from a legislative, budgetary and fiscal point of view. The link between territorial cohesion and all levels of government, as well as with cohesion policy and sector-based policies with strong territorial impact is currently a major challenge for us. CPMR Regions call for the launch of a European Territorial Pact which must involve all stakeholders from the local to European level and concern all policies with a territorial impact. The CPMR hopes that this approach can be developed in the future White Paper which must be published as soon as possible...
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