Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-11-18-Speech-2-313"

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dcterms:Date	"2008-11-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU response to the world financial crisis: follow-up of the informal European Council from 7 November and of the G20 Summit from 15 November 2008 - Commission's legislative and work programme for 2009 (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20081118.29.2-313"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-11-18-Speech-2-3142
lpv:speaker	lp:Lambert van Nistelrooij2
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lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, as coordinator of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats for regional policy, I want to help find solutions in a very proactive manner. Europe should indeed come up with an action plan now. I endorse Mr Barroso’s position in this respect. Investment through the Structural and Cohesion Funds – with EUR 60 billion a year from Europe, doubled to EUR 120 billion by the Member States – would make it possible to be active and more flexible and to gather speed. This concerns specific investments, both through the Lisbon Strategy in terms of knowledge and through the Gothenburg Strategy in terms of energy and ecology. It is about jobs, as ever. It is about retraining people who have lost their jobs so that they can find their way in the new economy. Only with this attitude and with people who have sound qualifications can we, after the crisis, look forward to the future again. The programme as it stands needs to be finely tuned in a number of areas. For example, the 2007-2013 regulations can become more flexible. Funds can be transferred within the operational programmes in the Member States themselves. Funds that have not yet been allocated – and these involve quite large sums – can be spent more quickly. We can translate the position adopted by Parliament, namely to use funds not yet allocated under the n+1, n+2 and n+3 rules in the current period, as well as possibly funds left over from the previous period, into action. We would ask the European Commission – and I know that Mrs Hübner is on the case – to draft an amendment package to demonstrate our dynamism to the public before next year’s elections. We are eagerly awaiting these proposals and would urge you to react promptly. Congratulations to the Commission so far, but more efforts will need to be made in future, something which Parliament is prepared to do."@en1
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