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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/regional/demographics

Michel Delebarre's “toolkit” to help local authorities respond to challenge of demographic change

Brussels, 30/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - Speaking at the opening of the Regions for Economic Change conference, entitled “Regional policy responses to demographic challenges”, which was attended by the Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta Hübner and Commissioner for Social Affairs Vladimir Spidla (see EUROPE 9352), the president of the Committee of the Regions (CoR), Michel Delebarre, said that to meet the demographic challenge, local authorities had to make effective decisions with...

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(EU) EU/REGIONAL/DEMOGRAPHICS: Michel Delebarre's “toolkit” to help local authorities respond to challenge of demographic change
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