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LEARNING FROM OUR MISTAKES

Thursday, December 1st, 2011
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The small-scale fisheries fleet in Fournoi, in the Nineties

When, not a long time ago, I met representatives of small-scale fishermen, the president of Glaros (seagull, in Greek), the association of small-scale fishermen form the island of Fournoi, handed me a picture of what once was a significant small-scale fleet based on the island. The fleet was then scrapped –he affirms– following the adoption of the latest reform of the EU common fisheries policy, in the Nineties.

I believe that small-scale fishermen greatly contribute to the economic progress and the preservation of distinctive social and cultural characteristics of European coastal communities. Read the full entry

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STRONGER FROM THE CRISIS

Friday, July 1st, 2011
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The Commission adopted on Wednesday its proposal for the EU budgetary framework for the 2014-2020 period.

It represents our chance to help Europe to emerge stronger from the crisis.

We will overcome present difficulties only if we stick together and we invest in our future. This is what we aim at when proposing large growth-enhancing investments to accelerate infrastructure development across Europe, through the so-called Connecting Europe Facility. Or when devising an ambitious framework for Research and Innovation.

To help EU countries boosting growth and employment –and benefit concretely to EU citizens– we need investments, not a budget of austerity. Read the full entry

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