Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-12-03-Speech-3-188"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-12-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Steps towards improving the environment for SMEs in Europe - Small Business Act (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081203.16.3-188"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-12-03-Speech-3-1892
lpv:speaker	lp:Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; JURI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2007-11-28--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2007-02-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2006-11-09--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are of key importance to the European economy, to its competitiveness and to employment levels. Providing over 100 million jobs, SMEs contribute to economic growth. In addition, they are the main source of regional development and innovation, and promote gender equality. The European Union’s SMEs still have lower productivity and a slower growth rate than those in the US, where such enterprises increase the number of jobs by an average of 60% in the first seven years of their operation, by comparison with approximately 10-20% in Europe. The European Charter for Small Enterprises launched by the European Commission last June introduces for the first time a comprehensive SME policy framework, granting them equal conditions and striving to improve their legal and administrative environment in the EU. An urgent question arises within this context: does the Council intend to formally support the European Charter for Small Enterprises and will Member States make a binding commitment to its implementation? It is of vital importance to establish what steps the Council proposes to take to provide SMEs with steady access to funding at this time of financial crisis."@en1

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