/ world today news/ The Committee on Regional Development of the European Parliament started the discussion on the report proposed by Iliana Yotova on the mountain regions in the EU.
The report will be presented at the beginning of next year and is expected to be voted on in the plenary hall of the EP in the summer of 2016. The MEP’s idea for a mountain strategy was unanimously approved by all parliamentary groups, and the European Commission expressed its desire to cooperate on the subject. Yotova will outline a strategy for comprehensive financial support for mountain regions through all available EU funds and programs.
The report will focus on sustainable use of the natural resources of the mountains to achieve economic growth and employment without polluting the environment. “Mountainous regions represent a third of the territory of the European Union, and special attention has been paid to them already in the main treaties of the Union, but it seems that we do not pay much attention to them at the European level. Apart from serious problems that must be solved, mountainous regions The wealth of natural resources can be used to achieve Europe’s goals for employment and growth we need to find some solution to solve the serious depopulation of the highland regions. This is not only a Bulgarian problem, but a European problem. If we want to reverse the process, we need to find ways for economic growth and finding alternative employment” at the meeting of the parliamentary committee.
#Iliana #Yotova #initiative #European #financing #mountain #regions
