He stressed a number of points, with which we may indicate our agreement, as many of you did too - the importance of this trans-European cooperation, with its three strands, cross-border, transnational, interregional; the added value to the Community provided by INTERREG, its clarity in relation to the general framework of the structural funds, and the truly cross-border and transnational strengthening of eligible programmes and operations; the importance of common structures and what, in discussing another debate which begins today, the Intergovernmental Conference, I termed the common European spirit which we have to strengthen, and here, with INTERREG, thanks to INTERREG, is a way to strengthen common spirit through common structures for the implementation of programmes with real financial solidarity; the importance of partnership in guaranteeing the active participation of all the local and regional authorities concerned as well as private sector associations and economic and social partners.
Ha insistito su diversi punti sui quali noi, e molti di voi, siamo d' accordo: l' importanza della cooperazione transeuropea con i suoi tre aspetti transfrontaliero, transnazionale e interregionale; il plusvalore comunitario del programma INTERREG nonché la sua visibilità rispetto al quadro generale dei Fondi strutturali e il potenziamento realmente transfrontaliero, transnazionale dei programmi e degli interventi ammissibili; l' importanza delle strutture comuni, che ho definito lo spirito comune degli europei a proposito di un altro dibattito che inizia oggi, la Conferenza intergovernativa.