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"Mr President, I would like to start by saying thank you for an excellent debate with many important contributions ahead of the European Council in Stockholm. Allow me to comment on some of the issues.
Firstly, I would like to say that I agree with Mr Suominen that it is important not only to have words, but also to have action. For this reason, I believe that an annual assessment and follow-up of the targets is a new and unique process which will hopefully mean that we really become better at ensuring that words are translated into action.
I would like to thank Mr Goebbels for such a positive picture of Europe. I agree that it is important also to spread the view and picture that things are going well for Europe. I agree that it is important for us to combine economic and social measures. That is, in fact, what this whole debate has been about. Some speakers have talked about economic aspects, others about social aspects. What will make us able, in fact, to
and not just liberalise Europe is our ability to combine economic reforms and social reforms.
Herman Schmid addressed the problem of there being a “right-wing policy” when we talk about economic goals and economic reforms. I cannot understand this. Obviously, a strong economy is vital for welfare. In addition, we have clearly prioritised the fight against unemployment and we emphasise the importance of raising employment targets, which I see as crucial issues for the future of Europe.
I agree with what Mr Andersson, Mrs Van Lancker and Mrs O’Toole said. They stressed that, if we are to be competitive, we must also ensure that we focus on education and social issues. Lifelong learning is an important issue for Europe. Our citizens must receive sufficient training and so achieve good skills. We have already talked about the participation of older people in the labour market. Mrs Van Lancker also mentions the position of women in the labour market. Mr Andersson mentions environmental technology. All this is vital if we are to achieve our targets regarding competitiveness.
Mr Harbour complained that I did not address the issue of deregulation. In my statement, I nonetheless said that we must open up the markets for electricity, gas, post, rail traffic and air traffic and that we must have a common market for financial services by 2005 and a common market for venture capital by 2003. If Mr Harbour does not feel that
is important for economic development in Europe, I really do not know what he feels is important.
Thomas Mann addressed the significance of our also evaluating our targets, which I commented on in the introduction. I agree with this, although we do not perhaps agree entirely on the Swedish social model, but we will no doubt continue to discuss this.
Mr Hughes addressed the important issue of workplaces which do not meet basic requirements regarding labour law, safety, etc. This applies to matters such as temporary agency work. This is an important issue which we are mainly discussing on a national basis, but which obviously also has to be discussed with regard to the future. Particularly when we talk about quality of work and the importance of establishing social targets, I believe we have the opportunity to take up this issue of temporary agency work within the framework of the European Council in Stockholm.
I would like to conclude by thanking you for an excellent debate. I hope that we will have a good summit in Stockholm. I am also convinced that Parliament will continue to ensure that there will be action, not just words."@en1
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