Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-25-Speech-3-063"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-02-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Economic and financial guidelines2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040225.5.3-063"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-25-Speech-3-0642
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 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in five years, ten months and four days, we will be in 2010, the year by which, as agreed at Lisbon, the European Union should be the world's most competitive and dynamic knowledge economy. That leaves us little time to achieve an ambitious objective, which has, so far, been the subject of much discussion, but of little else. When I read the reports by my fellow-Members about the state of the economy today, then there is reason to face that short time with some trepidation. In this joint debate, we are dealing with two reports about economic policy and public finances in the EMU and a resolution for the forthcoming Spring Summit. Both reports focus on what has happened to date and what is not going well yet, whereas the resolution for the forthcoming Spring Summit outlines expectations and desires. At the moment, those expectations are, above all, agreements on paper. Economic growth is moderate; the Member States are facing budgetary problems and the economy of the United States is currently growing faster than that of the European Union. We are therefore a long way from being the world's most competitive region. I can, in part, support the draft resolution tabled by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats and the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party. The objectives of the Lisbon process have been pitched too high and defined in an insufficiently clear manner. That is why it is of major importance to make adjustments now. First of all, the objectives should be reconsidered and defined more clearly. We will then perhaps obtain achievable objectives. You will appreciate that achievable objectives will help this House speak out more emphatically about the progress of that process. Furthermore, it is, above all, in respect of the implementation of the Lisbon agreements that adjustments must be made. If that is done, then we will not be bogged down in discussions on how things can be improved, but what is being said here today will also be put into practice."@en1

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