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"Mr President of the Commission, your review of the Lisbon strategy contains statements that are gravely misleading, not only for this House, but also for the leaders of the 25 Member States. You state that, and I quote; ‘We need to avoid the type of jobless growth that has marred the performance of the US economy’. I am not sure whether it was dyed-in-the-wool anti-Americans, Communists or perhaps trade unionists who tricked you into including this false statement, but I should like to point out that figures from Eurostat show that the American economy is growing faster than the European economy, and that unemployment is not only lower in the USA, but dropping almost twice as fast as in the European Union.
I would ask that you refrain from using false economic data, and I would particularly ask that you do not give in to pressure from those socialists who do not wish to admit that maximum freedom for entrepreneurs and minimum state intervention are the only way to achieve prosperity. I would ask you to face up to the truth and to take action. This is the only way in which you will make good on what you said when you took up office in the summer, namely that Europe must first earn its right to a welfare state. I thank you."@en1
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