Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-05-14-Speech-2-072"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-05-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Economy2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020514.7.2-072"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-14-Speech-2-0732
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 co-chair; EDD (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2002-06-30)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"You can speak your mind, but you also have to back up your words by action. And this is what is sometimes lacking when it comes to implementing agreements concluded in the socio-economic field. Since the Stockholm Summit, integration of social and employment policy and environmental policy into economic policy has been an objective in order to achieve sustainable development. The Barcelona Summit two months ago prompted the inclusion in Mr Trentin’s preparatory report, by amendment, of a whole host of social and employment objectives. Although I can trace the social and employment objectives in Mr Trentin’s report, I believe that there is insufficient consideration for environmental aspects. It appears that integrating economic and social policy is more a matter of course than integrating environmental policy into economic policy. Might the reason lie in the fact that environmental policy costs money and yields economic results that are not immediately measurable? I would therefore call for clear and concrete environmental objectives to be included in the guidelines for economic policy, in addition to references to the importance of the environment. Objectives relating to energy consumption and the reduction in CO2-emissions spring to mind. Economic growth will need to go hand in hand with the responsible use of our natural resources. Finally, I understand that the method of open coordination does not function entirely satisfactorily. In practice, it transpires that the use of this method is often too unregulated and the method itself is not clearly defined. As a result, cooperation by means of the method of open coordination is not sufficiently binding for the Member States. It is therefore desirable that it is made clear how cooperation between the Member States is taking place in the field of employment and social policy, taking into account the responsibilities of the Member States."@en1

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