Lage - at behandle alle regioner lige, bl.a. for at undgå, hr. Lage, den mekaniske effekt, som jeg selv har påpeget i samhørighedsrapporten, og den statistiske effekt, der, hvis den blev gennemført pludseligt, kunne straffe de nuværende regioner i EU.
I will therefore, when the time is right, propose a policy that will involve, with different degrees of intensity depending on the level of development, all regions in Europe and all countries in Europe, while endeavouring - I am responding here to Mr. Lage - to treat all of these regions even-handedly, in particular so as to avoid, Mr Lage, the mechanical effect that I myself raised in the cohesion report and the statistical effect that could, if applied without due care and attention, penalise regions currently within the EU.