(F) Whereas Austrian authorities claim that the down-sizing of ATS production in Loeben have aggravated the situation in Loeben, where the unemployment rate increased by more then 50% in August 2009, and in the surrounding region of Eastern Upper Styria which is faced with a decline in population, ageing and long-term unemployment and suffered from other mass lay-offs, for which other EGF applications were submitted;

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Let me say one last word about the recent elections: the increasingly low turnout is a symptom of a distance between the public in general and the European project, a distance that we must fight.

The decreasing turnout in the European Parliament elections and the Irish "No" vote also serve to show the widening gulf between the European Union and the people it serves:

In particular, he appreciates the approach of setting a central Community rate with a gradually narrowing fluctuation band on either side.