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"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, informal summits lead only to speculative conclusions. This is the world of the imaginary, of dreams.
Let us imagine for a moment that the dream comes true. Europe is an economic giant. Even excluding trade between the 25 Member States, we are the world’s leading exporter. Europe is the leading destination for direct international investments. Not counting mergers and acquisitions, for 2005, the company IBM registered 8 000 investments in new production capabilities worldwide, including 900 in China, 600 in India, 1 200 in the United States and 3 200 in the Union, which thus takes 40% of world production investments.
Yes, Europe has lost market shares, but less than the United States or Japan. Yes, China has become our top supplier, but Europe has doubled the volume of its exports to China. In fact, 60% of Chinese exports in 2005 were carried out by foreign companies operating in China. The Triad countries sell the goods that they produce in China to themselves, for the greater benefit of our consumers and the shareholders of multinational companies. Yes, our unemployment rates are too high, even though we are creating new jobs. The lowest salaries can be found in sectors such as catering, caretaking and cleaning companies, small businesses and craft industries, which are not subject to global competition.
Of course, Europe could do better, if only the dwarfs who govern us would implement their own decisions and invest in innovation, research and trans-European networks. What we need is a real Union budget that would allow us to support the swift integration of the new members and so create an internal market in which we all experience more growth. Furthermore, if the leaders would honour their own signatures, we would perhaps arrive at a new energy treaty for Europe. Finally, if the summits were to stop taking speculative decisions, President Barroso could put in place a European Institute of Technology provided with real funding.
Mr Vanhanen, must all this remain but a dream?"@en1
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