Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-03-20-Speech-3-052"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-03-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Results of European Council (Barcelona, 15/16 March 2002)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020320.5.3-052"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-03-20-Speech-3-0532
lpv:speaker	lp:Kathleen Van Brempt2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-02-05--2003-09-28)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2003-09-28)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2003-09-28)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (2000-01-13--2003-09-28)3 member; PES (2000-01-13--2003-09-28)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this Summit was announced as the Summit of liberalisation and ended up addressing longer working hours. In itself, I have nothing against longer working hours, and I think that this topic merits a debate. However, the question is whether Europe will endear itself by persistently bringing out statements of this kind only. In my view, it does not show much leadership when a presidency focuses on aspects of this kind rather than other aspects that are at least as important. Discussion at Lisbon mainly concerned the knowledge economy and the importance of knowledge and human resources in this connection. However, were decisions taken about lifelong learning, for example? No, this decision is being shunted to Seville where we are to get a resolution. In my view, we should be very careful that this does not become an academic exercise. If we want to take concrete steps, these will, above all, need to establish benchmarking. Let us clearly agree on how much of our GNP we want to spend on education. Let us make it clear that learning and the right to learning are not solely determined by labour market data. However, I do not only want to be downbeat. In my view, the Summit has taken some important decisions, one of which is undoubtedly that on energy taxation. We must prize this decision, and I hope that it will be implemented effectively. A second point on which I should like to congratulate the presidency and the Summit is the attention to language learning. Language education is increasingly in jeopardy. In a number of Member States, it is considered unimportant, but I do not think this is fair, and we should address this issue as a matter of urgency."@en1

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