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CEMR supports Commission's proposal to earmark additional €1 billion in broadband
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) calls on the European Parliament and the Council to adopt the Commission's proposal to make a further € 1 billion available to spread high-speed Internet access more.widely across all regions of Europe, including rural areas.
In its Communication on 'better access for rural areas to modern ICT", adopted on 3 March 2009, the Commission underlines that an additional funding of €1 billion would allow rural areas to specifically address some of the problems they are confronted with as a consequence of the economic and financial crisis.
We hope that the European Parliament and the Council will adopt the ...
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