European Parliament
Antonello Antinoro  (PPE ),
in writing.
(IT)
Macro-regional strategies put together a coherent approach to territorial cooperation and meet territory-based investment needs in Europe in a new way. They help to restore links and cooperation. The report is in favour of macro-regional strategies based on the principle of multi-level governance in order to ensure collaboration between local, regional and national bodies. It calls for greater coordination among the various funds and calls on the Commission to conduct a dialogue on the future of a macro-regional approach in Europe so as to identify the priority areas that should be involved in the new strategies, especially where there is a lack of cooperation between neighbouring territories, which is evident in several of the Member States. In that respect, I welcome the implementation of a macro-regional strategy for the Mediterranean basin.

