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Globalisation is not simply a process of drawing closer together, reducing distances and maximising scale; it is also a process of speeding up. These days, everything is about movement and everything moves faster. It is therefore understandable that some people are apprehensive about the high-speed nature of modern times. The end of a cycle, the dismantling of a model, a break with the past; this is always a time of crisis. It is clearly unlikely that the victims of these processes would believe in the virtues of 'creative destruction'. This, however, is as real as destruction itself.
I make these remarks in response to the Cottigny report on restructuring and employment, which falls down precisely because it is out of tune with reality. Social structures, especially public ones, must be ready for the impact of the transformations that this time of economic revolution is set to bring. After all, we cannot turn our backs on those who have been excluded from progress. Then again, nor does it strike me as desirable to reverse the process entirely. Our objective should consist of endeavouring to make the most of this time for our economies and for our citizens, and this is the project on which our efforts should be concentrated."@en1
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