EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY : USE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO CLOSE JOBS GAP.

• Position: Brief article

Europe's rural areas must exploit their potential or risk falling further behind urban areas in meeting Lisbon employment targets, particularly in the remotest and most agricultural areas, according to a Commission communication published on 21 December and presented by Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development. The Commission underlines that there are a broad range of instruments at European and national level that can be used to close the jobs divide between...