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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/cities

John Prescott hopes to integrate urban dimension in regional policy

Brussels, 07/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - In the context of preparing the meeting of European ministers responsible for spatial planning to be held on 6 and 7 December in Bristol (UK), the Intergroup on Urban and Housing Issues chaired by MEP Jean-Marie Beaupuy (ALDE, France) heard UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott on Tuesday 6 September, in Brussels.

Considering it “high time” that an interest is taken in the urban dimension of regional policy, John Prescott stresses in a press...

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