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"Mr President, President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is good to see the Commission acknowledging the external dimension as a new element in the Lisbon Strategy, but above all we should not forget that globalisation also has implications for our own internal European policy.
The Lisbon Strategy has been good for economic growth and jobs, true, but it is also true that not everyone has benefited as a result. In Europe globalisation has considerably widened the gulf between those with skills and those without.
So I am glad that the Commission and the Council of Employment Ministers will be paying greater attention in future to the social dimension because there are still too many people – the poorly skilled, persons with a disability, older workers, migrants – who have no access to decent training and good employment prospects. Six million youngsters leave school without qualifications, 72 million live in poverty on the margins of society and Europe even has 14 million working poor.
Economic prosperity should benefit everyone, ladies and gentlemen. So I would like to highlight three additional points.
One: it is clear that the new generation of policy instruments for Lisbon must be focused far more heavily on social inclusion, equal opportunities, poverty reduction and proper social protection. The social dimension must again feature in the integrated guidelines.
Two: there must be greater emphasis on Member States’ fulfilment of the undertakings they give regarding employment and training. Economic growth does not automatically mean quality jobs – for that there has to be a clear commitment on the part of Member States.
Three: a lot more must be done in partnership. A good strategy for growth, jobs and social inclusion also requires input from national parliaments, local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society.
So my group does not think that the next generation of Lisbon Strategy instruments can just be ‘business as usual’. The Vice-President of the Commission should appreciate that there are many reasons to make critical adjustments to the Lisbon package."@en1
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