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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the text before us is built on the necessary balance between the three facets of the Lisbon Strategy: the economic facet, of course, but also the social and environmental ones.
That is how we will demonstrate to our fellow citizens our determination to give substance to a Europe that is, of course, competitive, but is also based on social cohesion and the restoration and preservation of a healthy environment.
This text also sends a number of clear messages that I would like to underline. A message to the younger generation first, since the text encourages the joint initiative of four Member States to help young people, an initiative which appears in the Commission’s communication to the spring European Council.
The second message confirms the role of SMEs as job creators and innovators in a proactive and balanced industrial policy, one focused on the leading corporations, but also – and perhaps primarily – on those small companies which, again, are the key to job creation in Europe.
The third message stresses the obvious need for a major boost to research in the EU as a whole.
Finally, the text makes a fundamental point to which you referred just now, Mr Verheugen, namely that the Lisbon Strategy’s ambitions are pointless unless sufficient resources are made available, and this means in particular, as I am sure you understand, a European budget commensurate with its objectives.
From today, while the future of the Lisbon Strategy is indeed a matter for the European political authorities, it is just as much, and perhaps even more, a matter for the national political authorities and all those with a role to play in the economic life of the 25 Member States. The Lisbon Strategy’s success depends on the Member States’ ability to steer their policies in the required direction and to involve Europe’s population as widely as possible. It will only be possible to involve people in this way if public opinion is generally well-disposed towards the work of the European Union and its institutions.
The Commission must understand that and respond to that expectation. If we bear in mind some recent statements that have been made about delocalisation, or what Mr McCreevy said here yesterday about the services directive, then I fear, Mr Barroso, that you may be continuing your work on the Treaty of Nice. Be careful!"@en1
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