Examples of using Border counties in English and their translations into German
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Border counties of the Republic.
Main points of the Community Initiative for Northern Ireland and the Border counties.
Parts of the constituency that I represent in the border counties and the West of Ireland have not felt the effects of this Celtic Tiger.
The European Peace andReconciliation Fund has also been a success in creating jobs in border counties in Ireland.
I represent the constituency of Connacht Ulster in the west and border counties of Ireland, which is predominantly rural and one of the most peripheral regions.
I would advise other regions with serious problems of unemployment to study thework of the International Fund in Northern Ireland and the border counties.
The continued existence of poverty and disadvantage in Northern Ireland and in the border counties serves only to exacerbate the challenges of the peace process.
From my own constituency I know the difficulties facing not only disadvantaged urban areas,but also peripheral areas in the border counties of Ireland.
The guns are now hopefully permanently silent andthe economies of Northern Ireland and the border counties of the south are beginning to realise their true economic potential.
The Economic and Social Committee broadly endorses the Commission's proposed special support programme for peace andreconciliation in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties of the Republic.
As a representative of the NorthWest and the border counties, I must of course make the case for continuing support for a region lacking in infrastructure.
The Peace I programme was allocated a total amount of€ 500 million over the period 1995-1999€ 400 million toNorthern Ireland and€ 100 million to the Border Counties of the Republic of Ireland.
Coming from the border counties and representing part of that historic province of Ulster, I was overwhelmed, as were all the people of Ireland, when John Hume was so rightly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Economic and Social Committee in principlewelcomes the Community Initiative for Northern Ireland and the Border counties of the Republic with initial funding of 300 MECU.
The programme will apply to Northern Ireland and the border counties in the South, be additional, pursue the central objective of reconciliation and benefit both communities in an equitable and balanced way, and especially those areas and sections of the population suffering most acute deprivation.
The European Commission also confirmed that it would in all circumstances wish toensure the continuation of the current EU programs between the border counties of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
As a Member of the European Parliament for the constituency of Connacht/Ulster I wouldlike to reiterate my position here today that the border counties in Ireland and the west of Ireland must be accorded Objective 1 status for the purposes of guaranteeing that the maximum amount of EU Structural Funds is directed into these respective regions for the period post1999.
The Council noted also the EU's constructive contribution to economic andsocial development in Northern Ireland and the border counties of the South by means of various programmes.
This became the first Special Support Programme for Peace andReconciliation in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties of Ireland, or PEACE I. The wide-ranging consultation on the Programme included an Opinion drawn up by the European Economic and Social Committee1 in 1995 which welcomed the Initiative and stressed the need for a long-term approach as well as flexibility in funding allocation.
Particular emphasis should be placed on social inclusion;the particularly vital need for this in Northern Ireland and the Border counties is not adequately catered for.
In view of favourable developments in Northern Ireland, in 1996 the Commission proposed an Initiative to provide special help for peace andreconciliation in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland.
After the cease-fire in 1994 we launched the Special Programme for Peace andReconciliation in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland, a programme that has been unequivocally supported by the MEPs from the Province.
This appropriation is intended to cover the financing of commitments remaining to be settled from the period 2000 to 2006 for the special programme for peace andreconciliation in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland.
Nothing I can say can adequately express the gratitude that the Irish people on both sides of the border feel for theinvestment that Europe has made for the economic regeneration of Northern Ireland, the border counties in the Irish Republic and the Northern Ireland Peace Process.
Parliament resolution on the communication from the Commission on a special support programme for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and on the draft notice to the Member States laying down guidelines for an initiative in the framework of the special support programme for peace andreconciliation in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland.
The programme for peace and reconciliation("PEACE II Programme")which is a joint programme for Northern Ireland and the Border counties of Ireland.
Commission communication of 26 November 1997 to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Com-mittee and the Committee of the Regions on the special support programme for peace andreconciliation in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland(1995 to 1999)(PEACE I) COM(1997) 642 final.
In allocating the contributions the Fund shall give priority to projects of a cross-border or cross-community nature, in such a way as to complement the activities financed by the Structural Funds,and especially those of the PEACE programme operating in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties of Ireland hereinafter“the PEACE Programme”.
All those involved in the peace process have an onus to put in place a lasting peace and the International Fund together with peace and reconciliation, a major contribution for the European Union, and Interreg all play an important role and I hope that in the yearsto come we will see tremendous developments in Northern Ireland and the border counties where we will have a just and lasting peace.
These differ between the various types of Objective 1areas:•regions whose per capita GDP is below 75% of the Community average•thinly populated regions of Finland and Swedenand coastal areas in Sweden•peripheral regions(French overseas departments, Canary Islands,Azores and Madeira)•Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland, where there is a special programme for peace andreconciliation until 2004.