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"Mr President, the Council representative called for a more social Europe. I would respond to the Minister with a call for more common sense. That would be better. The European Union can of course propose a great deal, but it must be stressed that social policy is an area in which Member States have sovereign powers of decision. In short, what we need is less rhetoric and more concrete action. The European Union is proposing as many as 19 interesting initiatives, of which only three are legislative proposals. What is perhaps the most important proposal, that on cross-border health care, will not be discussed today. That is very regrettable, and it is a pity that the discussion will have to wait until the French Minister of Health shows up at our sitting. In conclusion, it must be stressed that EU Member States allocate as much as 27% of their GNP to social policy, compared to 15% in the USA. The question is whether the money is well spent."@en1
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