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"At Hampton Court tomorrow, the Heads of State or Government will discuss the challenges that globalisation poses to our economic and social models.
The simple fact that this meeting, despite its political and budgetary consequences, has been shortened to just one day is worrying in itself.
What is worse, the solution has already been found, if we are to believe Gordon Brown, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer. According to him, we must put an end to the impasse of protectionism. Where, though, has Mr Brown seen protectionism in Europe? It is the most open market in the world, and the one that complies most closely with the WTO’s rules. Our competitors, on the other hand, are shamelessly wielding the weapons of dumping, trade barriers, hidden subsidies, and so on.
The Commission, for its part, is proposing a globalisation adjustment fund of a princely EUR 500 million – EUR 1 per person! – to help people made unemployed by its policies to look for work. How very cynical!
As long as you persist in trying to adapt our social models to globalisation, there will continue to be more unemployment, more poverty and more uncertainty. We need to do exactly the opposite: adopt only those aspects of globalisation that do not run counter to the political objectives of prosperity and full employment."@en1
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