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"Mr President, I refer mainly to Mr Marinos’ report, which I certainly welcome for it has succeeded in taking into account all the major economic issues that are relevant to modern, well-equipped companies. Capital transfers, migrations flows, the labour market and pension systems have been analysed with synthetic proposals for solutions.
The central panel of the European economic horizon is still, however, the Stability and Growth Pact, which has emerged victorious from the economic storm of recent months. After September 11, there were really very few of us who believed that the parameters established by the Pact could be respected. Now, however, the sceptics – or many of them, at least – acknowledge their mistake and have changed their views. The States which have erred in any way, particularly Germany and Portugal, have set themselves with a will to removing the uncertainties and realigning any parameters which were likely to require attention.
With great skill, the rapporteur covers all the economic issues and major summits, from Lisbon to Barcelona, focusing on the major challenges represented by the ever-increasing number of elderly people and by economic refugees and their families, who represent an uncertain variable for the host State because of their tendency to work illegally.
I know paragraph 20 of the report contains a reference to the labour market, but the issue calls for greater, more thorough analysis. The profit-sharing system and the profit-related pay system, which benefits 20% of the workforce in employment in the United Kingdom, are models which must be further explored and applied to good effect.
The efforts to find the best, most productive labour processes must be matched by endeavours to improve the quality of jobs. Jobs must be developed to incorporate more creativity, to provide a better response to social requirements and to promote human dignity. An increase in professional skill is necessary for reorganisation of the production system to take place but professional skill will also be enhanced as a result of the process. The level of culture will increase and the creative abilities of employees will be enhanced. We have a constitutional and moral responsibility to provide jobs for all our citizens."@en1
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