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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 02-01-29
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] From Lisbon to Barcelona : Towards a more competitive Europe
[02] Improving mobility in the city through research
[03] Regional GDP per capita in the EU and the candidate countries in 1999 -
Inner London, Brussels, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Hamburg ranked
first among EU regions - Praha, Bratislavasky and Cyprus ranked first among
candidate countries regions
[04] Autre matériel diffusé
Midday Express 29/01/2002
TXT: FR ENPDF:DOC:Midday Express 29/01/2002
[01] From Lisbon to Barcelona : Towards a more competitive Europe
A debate around the conclusions of the 2001 European Competitiveness Report
(see IP/01/1630) will be held in Brussels on Wednesday 30 January from
14.30h to 17.30h at the Charlemagne Building. The report raises a number of
fundamental questions that this conference will address. The conference is
aimed at policy makers and stakeholders at the European and national levels
as well as others with an interest in European competitiveness.
[02] Improving mobility in the city through research
On Thursday 31 January European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin will
participate in a conference on urban mobility organised jointly by the
Commission and the European Parliament. The objective of this conference is
to show how new intelligent planning tools can help city planners and
politicians to foresee the consequences of planning decisions on the urban
environment and the quality of life in cities. This new tool has been
developed by a network of ten research projects in the field of land use
and transport research, which is funded by the European Union's Research
Framework Programme. Urban mobility and the well-known traffic problems in
cities are directly linked to sustainable development since ressources such
as land and fuel are limited. The aims of this research project is for
instance to avoid the negative impact that the implantation of commercial
centres in the periphery of cities had in the 80's such as generating more
traffic and making the city centres less attractive. The conference is
associated to an exhibition on the subject, which can be visited after the
press conference taking place on Thursday 31 January at 11h00 in the
European Parliament in Brussels, Spinelli Building- Entry D- Room 1G2.
[03] Regional GDP per capita in the EU and the candidate countries in 1999 -
Inner London, Brussels, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Hamburg ranked
first among EU regions - Praha, Bratislavasky and Cyprus ranked first among
candidate countries regions
According to Eurostat, in 1999 GDP per capita, expressed in terms of
purchasing power standard, in the EU's 211 NUTS-2 regions ranged from 51%
of the EU average in the French regions of Réunion and Guyane, as well as
Ipeiros in Greece, to 242% of the average in the Inner London region of the
United Kingdom. Just over 10% of the regions were above 125% of the EU
average, and more than 20% were below 75% of this average. Per capita GDP
in the 56 level-2 regions of the candidate countries varied between 18% of
the EU average in the Nord-Est region of Romania and 124% in the Praha
region of the Czech Republic. The figures thus showed a difference from 1
to 7 between the two regions.
[04] Autre matériel diffusé
Background Note - The "Open Skies" Court Cases
Speech by Pascal Lamy : "The WTO after Doha Perspectives for Germany and
Europe" at the Wirtschaftspolitisches Dialogforum des Deutschen Sparkassen-
und Giroverbandes (28/01, Berlin)
Speech by Poul Nielson : "EU development policy and today's global
challenges" at a public lecture at Silver Oak, India Habitat Centre (28/01,
New Delhi)
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