D. whereas the socioeconomic demands of the Maidan movement have been largely replaced by the neoliberal and nationalistic agenda of the new government; whereas the 2015 budget envisages deep cuts in social spending while increasing defence spending to 5.2 % of GDP; whereas these cuts have been decided upon in an extremely difficult economic and social situation; whereas in the first nine months of 2014 prices increased by 16.2 %, while utility rates increased by 24.3 % on average; whereas 1.7 million people are unemployed (8.4 % of the economically active population) and many of those who are employed are not receiving payment; whe ...[+++]reas the situation of the approximately 5.2 million people living in the conflict and post-conflict areas is particularly difficult due to the considerable breakdown and disruption of the economic infrastructure and social services; whereas the availability of health care in those areas is increasingly limited;

A final step was the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area during spring 2010.

I fully agree as to the importance of EU guidance on the standardisation and harmonisation of transport systems, especially for green zones and road pricing, if we wish to avoid piecemeal solutions developed in various European cities.

The Commission gives priority to research into alternative production methods and sources of income in rural areas, as well as to the endeavour to get away from the piecemeal approach in favour of research into the whole chain – in a sense, from the farm to the table.

(fa) set up or improve prevention schemes, in particular to set up protective infrastructure such as forest roads, tracks, water supply points, fire safety zones, areas cleared of undergrowth, and ditches, to draw up measures to maintain the fire safety zones, the cleared areas and the ditches, and preventive forestry measures, implemented within the framework of a global strategy for the protection of forests against fire;

Figure 2a Zone of clearance - Cross-section through the reference plane Figure 2b Zone of clearance - Side view Figure 2c Zone of clearance - Rear view Figure 2d Zone of clearance - seen from above Figure 2e Lower part of the zone of clearance 3/4 rear view Figure 2f >END OF GRAPHIC>