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"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, I am delighted at the clear and courageous statements that have been made by the Luxembourg Presidency with regard to sustainable development policy.
The Luxembourg Presidency, to a greater extent than its predecessors, is attempting to maintain a balance between economic, social and environmental policies. It is calling for something quite simple, namely that social and environmental policies be a starting point and not an end goal as far as growth policy is concerned. I hope that this will be the line followed by the Luxembourg Presidency at the European Council and within the respective sectoral Councils, and I am sure that your proposals on the main areas of work, namely the Financial Perspectives, the reform of the Stability Pact and the review of the Lisbon process, will be guided by this spirit of sustainable development.
Mr President-in-Office of the Council, I also hope that you will find the energy to convince the European Council that Europe should continue to act as the driving force behind the Kyoto process. After the European Union’s success with Kyoto, it is essential that it now set out a long-term framework for climate change policy, with objectives for the period 2020-2050. This is what both our citizens and our economic players expect. What guidelines will economic players in Europe follow when investing in key sectors such as energy and transport, if we have not laid down a clear framework for future policies in this field?
Turning to the Lisbon strategy, you noted that it related to three areas, namely environmental, social and economic issues. It is the ambitious environmental policies of recent decades that have made Europe a global leader in environmental technologies and renewable energies. I hope that you will revise Chapter V of the Koch report to ensure that the European economy can benefit from these ambitious policies.
The Lisbon agenda should also include an ambitious social policy. The Commission is pressing for extensive liberalisation, in particular as proposed in the Bolkenstein directive, and I am glad that you have expressed criticism of this directive, Mr Juncker. I hope that the Luxembourg Presidency will also take advantage of criticisms from within the Competitiveness Council to hold a debate on this directive, and, if necessary, to check its progress, as well as to force the Commission to table a directive on services of general interest. I believe that confusion will reign over the Bolkenstein directive until the issue of services of general interest has been clarified.
I very much welcome the fact that this presidency aims to harmonise social, environmental and economic policies, as this is good news for Europe."@en1
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