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Intergroup on Rural, Mountainous and Remote Areas
Launch of the
Intergroup on Rural, Mountainous and Remote Areas
Thursday, 15 March 2015, 11:00- 12:00
European Parliament, Strasbourg, France, Louise Weiss N4.3
Rural, mountainous and remote areas contribute widely to European economies, cultures and ecosystems. Yet EU policies often overlook these key regions, contributing to the widening gap between those areas and their urban counterparts. All EU citizens deserve a good quality of life, with access to jobs, information, transport and clean energy sources. This event will outline main areas of activities of the Intergroup on Rural, Mountainous and Remote Areas, and mark the opening of a forum dedicated to regions often underrepresented in public dialogue.
Speakers
MERCEDES BRESSO
MEP,
Member of the Committee on Regional Development,
Chairman of the Intergroup
ERIC ANDRIEU
MEP,
Vice-Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
& Vice-Chair of the RUMRA Intergroup
FRANC BOGOVIČ
MEP,
Member of the Committee on Regional Development
& Vice-Chair of the RUMRA Intergroup
HERBERT DORFMANN
MEP,
Member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
& Vice-Chair of the RUMRA Intergroup
JOZO RADOŠ
MEP,
Member of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs,
Vice-Chair of the RUMRA Intergroup
ANDREW FORD
Founder of the Future
of Rural Energy in Europe
(FREE) initiative
JUAN-ANDRÈS GUTIERREZ
President of the European Association
for Mountain Areas
(Euromontana)
GERARD PELTRE
President of Rurality
Environment Development
(R.E.D)
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