57. Notes that cohesion policy, as a key EU investment tool that plays an important role within the Europe 2020 Strategy and that accurately targets local, regional and national investment needs, contributes not only to reducing disparities between regions, but also to the economic recovery of the Member States and to the effective delivery of sustainable growth and job creation in the Member States and in the Union as a whole; observes that this makes the cohesion policy one of the best available instruments for making the recovery job-rich, as the Commission foresees in the AGS 2013; takes the view, in this regard, that any cut in the cohesion policy budget would have strong negative consequences for the Europe 2020 goals, and insists, ...[+++]therefore, that in the new programming period an adequate level of resources be allocated to cohesion policy, at least on the level as that agreed for the current programming period 2007-2013, and that it continues to cover all EU regions;

55. Notes that cohesion policy, as a key EU investment tool that plays an important role within the Europe 2020 Strategy and that accurately targets local, regional and national investment needs, contributes not only to reducing disparities between regions, but also to the economic recovery of the Member States and to the effective delivery of sustainable growth and job creation in the Member States and in the Union as a whole; observes that this makes the cohesion policy one of the best available instruments for making the recovery job-rich, as the Commission foresees in the AGS 2013; takes the view, in this regard, that any cut in the cohesion policy budget would have strong negative consequences for the Europe 2020 goals, and insists, ...[+++]therefore, that in the new programming period an adequate level of resources be allocated to cohesion policy, at least on the level as that agreed for the current programming period 2007-2013, and that it continues to cover all EU regions;

25. Recommends the introduction of pan-European uniform minimum standards of electronic identification; considers that registration should be performed in such a way that the player's identity is established and at the same time it is ensured that the player has at his disposal a maximum of one gambling account per gambling company; emphasises that robust registration and verification systems are key tools in preventing any misuse of online gambling, such as money laundering;

That is why, as some of you said just now, we need reliable measuring instruments. The stress test is a key measure and a key tool in this context, and not only have we discussed it here, we have also discussed it on many occasions – and as recently as April, in fact – with the finance ministers in the Council.

To optimise eGovernment, certain key enablers need to be in place, such as:

The steadily increasing number of joint investigation teams set up every year demonstrates that they are key tools that enable investigations to be coordinated and that they increase mutual trust among EU law enforcement and judicial authorities.