In the process of refocusing EU support strategies for rural areas, it must not be overlooked that the situations in which people live and work have been radically altered, in rural areas most particularly, by social change and changes in social structures, by the dramatic demographic changes that have occurred in certain Member States, by an overall change in values and by a strong tendency towards individualisation.
La nouvelle adaptation des stratégies d'aide européenne en faveur des régions rurales ne saurait perdre de vue que l'évolution de la société, celle des structures sociales, l'évolution démographique spectaculaire dans certains États membres, l'évolution des valeurs et l'individualisation ont entraîné de profondes modifications des conditions de vie et de travail en milieu rural.