Strategy for the Danube region – contribution to improving the conditions of life and work of all citizens of the lower Danube region

Abstract

This paper aims to raise awareness about the European Commission Strategy for the Danube Region, strategy materialized in new opportunities and new potential, in particular as regards the strengthening of EU efforts to overcome economic crisis in a sustainable manner. This paper presents the main proposals and recommendations made by the European Economic and Social Committee for the Strategy in the Danube region, so that socio-economic development, competitiveness, environmental management and increased resource efficiency can be improved, and security and transport corridors, upgraded. European Parliament was established from the very beginning as a reliable partner that will always ensure the future "development strategy of the Danube region. The strategy should make it a region that truly belongs to the 21st century, secure and confident in their forces and one of the most attractive in Europe.