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"Mr President, I too would like to thank the two rapporteurs for their hard work.
I would particularly like to congratulate Mr Färm on the part of the report which concerns internal policies, which includes a clear, explicit reference to policies for the elderly, who represent an increasingly significant proportion of our society. The report rightly focuses on both social integration and the importance of ensuring dynamic economic growth.
However, I would like to draw your attention to and focus on a different matter. I refer to Argentina, a country which does not currently appear to be following the path of economic growth that we are but which merits a special effort on our part. Argentina’s current situation raises disturbing questions regarding the future of the country, a land of immigration which, in the past, has absorbed thousands upon thousands of citizens from all over Europe. I feel that, not least in order to prevent the crisis spreading to the neighbouring countries, the European Union needs to give a specific sign of its commitment. I have tabled an amendment to that effect together with Mr Naranjo Escobar, which I hope the House will adopt.
With regard to the Stenmarck report, I would like to thank its author for incorporating so accurately the sense of controlled multilingualism, that is the need to balance the requirement that all the Members should be able to express themselves in their own language with indisputable budgetary requirements.
Lastly, one more point: there is a phrase which should perhaps be expressed differently. I refer to that part which states that the administration must be ‘politically balanced’. In my opinion, the expression ‘politically neutral’ would certainly have been much more acceptable."@en1
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