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"Mr President, I am sure that it is clear to everyone that the Lisbon process is not yet finished. I think that there are two reasons for this. The first is to do with Lisbon itself. Back then, we took – as we, particularly, do now – as our starting point scenarios based on excessively high growth rates. I think that too many people think that growth is something that you can simply write in a book and it just happens. It does not. Instead, as Mr van Velzen pointed out, you then have to take hundreds of measures to promote this growth, and that cannot be done by means of rhetoric alone.
Secondly, of course, all kinds of promises were made, and they have not been kept. This has also been pointed out enough times. What, however, can we do about it now? One of the things you spoke about, Mr Prodi, was the takeover bids directive. That is one example that I would like to give. There is a great deal of talk about employment effects. In the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, we have been looking into the probable employment effects of this takeover bids directive. They are negative. The Commission itself did not look into that. I would also like to see some more employment impact assessment, therefore, not only in the field of social measures – which is logical – but also with regard to other measures, in particular financial measures. Things often do not turn out as one would think.
Another point I would draw attention to is the figures. In the Commission’s answer to a question I asked, it admitted that the European growth figures cannot be compared favourably with those for the United States, presumably because the US growth figures should always be taken with a pinch of salt. It makes sense to me that we not only look at the US or China, but that we at all events use good figures and not go by incorrect data.
Finally, a good deal has been said about cooperation in the field of universities. I think that that is very important. I think that a lot more can be done without us encroaching on the sovereignty of the Member States in this respect. I should like to put one question to the Presidency, however. How is it possible, if we are busy working on the universities, that, in Greece, the state universities still enjoy a monopoly, so that thousands of Greek students are studying in the USA and not in other European countries? Can an end not be put to this? I know that this is a Greek responsibility, but perhaps some thought could be given to it during your Presidency."@en1
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