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Mr President, I would like to thank my colleague for the valuable contribution concerning the social policy agenda. That agenda is very important to fulfilling the Lisbon criteria and achieving a balance between economic growth and a social Europe. I want to indicate the most important areas this agenda should highlight.
I am convinced that our common work has been successful and that we have formulated a vision and a long-term strategy for a social Europe. However, these were the first important steps, and we should now turn written ideas and strategies into practice. Let me draw your attention to some important aspects of my opinion.
First of all, the new agenda is a response to the renewed Lisbon agenda. The Socialists view the social policy is one of the cornerstones of the European structure.
Secondly, we should adopt a new inter-generational approach, incorporating into the agenda a drive to cope with the problems of socially excluded groups – not only the young generation, but also pensioners, disabled people and women. Social dialogue is one of the most important of our aims. It is a matter of concern that it will be difficult for women’s NGOs to access Community funds, and we believe that a more comprehensive forward-looking framework strategy for gender equality is needed.
The harmonised objective of regular, comprehensive and detailed statistics is needed in order to monitor the process of the implementation of tasks. We are aware of Eurostat figures, but these are based on national statistical data. The enormous potential of small- and medium-sized enterprises should be developed and incorporated into the document, since SMEs represent over 90 per cent of enterprises in European economies and 79 per cent of employees belong to SMEs.
Additional Community programmes are needed, as are national strategies devoted to creating favourable conditions, for example through special programmes. This could help greatly to create new jobs. I welcome the forthcoming establishment of the European Gender Institute, which will be able to monitor gender conditions in the Member States."@en1
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