They also request appropriate attention be paid to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent or demographic handicaps such as the northernmost regions with very low population density and islands, cross border and mountain regions.
Eiropas Parlaments pirmdien, 12. decembrī, direktīvas projektu izskatīs otrajā lasījumā, kad deputāti vērtēs ES Padomes (dalībvalstu) kopējo nostāju.