I must say, particularly in view of the original starting point and the difficulty to which I have referred on seve
ral occasions, that signs of progress by the Commission can be seen along these lines, signs that, among other things, are well matched with the financial instruments which were referred to, introduced by the Commission together with the European Investment Bank, and that focus on making use of best practices, the problem of rural areas, and the
revitalisation and reversal of urban degeneration in historic city centres, a
...[+++]nd thus have a particular focus on existing housing stock.