Although the EU has no specific powers over housing, the European Regional Development Fund regulation for 2007-2013 would allow structural aid for housing in urban (re-)development projects, in areas of the new Member States that are threatened by physical deterioration or social exclusion, says the report.
- uzsver, ka svarīgs priekšnoteikums inovācijas iespēju veicināšanā ES "ir neierobežota un bezmaksas vai ārkārtīgi lēta platjoslas [interneta] piekļuve" administratīvajai, zinātnes, ekonomikas, tieslietu un kultūras informācijai,