Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-03-09-Speech-1-124"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-03-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statute for a European private company - Cross-borders transfers of companies' registered offices - Small Business Act - Workers' participation in companies with a European Statute (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090309.18.1-124"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-03-09-Speech-1-1252
lpv:speaker	lp:Nicole Fontaine2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (2007-04-11--2009-07-13)3 member; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; JURI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, first I would like to emphasise the significance of this joint debate on SMEs and I sincerely hope that the SMEs will hear the strong signal that our Parliament wishes to send out to them. Our group gave an enthusiastic welcome to the draft Small Business Act that the Commission presented to us last June. It is true that, since 2000, initiatives have been taken on SMEs. These initiatives were appreciated but inadequate. Why do I say inadequate? Because, according to the people they affected, all too often they remained just good intentions. Today, then, we must go further. The Small Business Act gives us this chance because it is part of a truly proactive global approach. I wish to point out that the European Parliament has already scored a success, as it was following the oral question that we asked in December that the Competition Council unanimously adopted the action plan that Commissioner Figel’ mentioned just now. This obviously showed the governments’ strong political will and, today, I would like to welcome the excellent report by Mrs Herczog which extends this impetus in such a timely way. I would like also to express my thanks for the quality of the cooperation that we have received and the excellent work that, I must say, we have achieved in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Today we have only put forward two amendments in the plenary session. This shows how well we did our work. As for our group, with the amendments that we have put forward and that our rapporteur has been happy to accept, we have set about looking for a way of getting the Member States and Community bodies more deeply involved to guarantee that the planned measures really deliver added value to the SMEs. We have called for the principle of Think Small First to be a compulsory and integral part of all future legislation. We have insisted on the Community patent and also, of course, on the financial resources so that these resources can be accessed effectively and quickly."@en1
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