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Mr President, I believe that we have already set out very clearly our position. Nevertheless, I should like to respond more precisely to the questions posed, in particular by Mr Schulz, who cited questions by Mr Rasmussen.
On the first question, concerning trade unions. Do they have the right to strike? Of course, it is a fundamental right and a fundamental freedom, in accordance with our European principles. We entirely respect the right to strike of all trade unions in Europe.
On the second question: is the internal market compatible with the Scandinavian social model? There is no doubt about it.
On the third question: if that is the case, what will the Commission’s response be? First and foremost, we need to know what the Court of Justice requires from us. Until I have been consulted by the Court, I am unable to tell you what our position will be, legally speaking. On the other hand, I am able to tell you what our position will not be and what it will be in essence. We will never attack the Scandinavian or Swedish social model, but we will fight tooth and nail for the Treaties, because the Commission is the guardian of the Treaties. We must strictly abide by the Treaties. We will therefore be issuing a response that is compatible with the Treaties and with the
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I believe that the core issue, Mr President, Mr McCreevy, is preventing the dichotomy between the internal market and social rights. In the debate, this at times seems to be a contradiction in terms: those who are in favour of the internal market, on the one hand, and those who are in favour of a social Europe, on the other. I will say to you frankly that the role of the Commission is to try to combine these two principles. The key to the growth that we require in order to strengthen our social ambitions is an internal market that is truly active and operational. We are therefore issuing a communication for consultation by this week’s Informal Summit, and I am delighted that it has been positively received by all of the political forces.
We are proposing, for example, to create a Globalisation Adjustment Fund by attempting to bring together two elements: an open internal market free from artificial protectionism in our Community, on the one hand, and a stronger social ambition, on the other. In this respect, I should like it if certain parties, which are in favour in this House of a more social Europe, gave their support within their governments to a European budget drawing greater inspiration from these very values. We are not going to resolve the problem currently facing an enlarged Europe through the use of artificial barriers between our countries. Rather, we will do so by harmonising upwards, which means using a more active economic and social cohesion policy that promotes the development of all of the regions of our Union. In fact, there are 25 of us now. We have to carry out a more ambitious policy, aimed at social redistribution at EU level but, in doing so, we must avoid raising artificial barriers between our countries. That is the issue at stake. I can assure you that the European Commission will continue to work along these lines in order to see an internal market put in place, of course, but also in order to see economic and social cohesion occur in a Europe in which we want not only more prosperity, but also more fairness."@en1
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