Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-05-05-Speech-2-227"
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"Mr President, Mr Vondra, Mr Barroso, I am slightly surprised by Europe’s chronology. The Commission presents us with economic forecasts, predicting that within three months, growth prospects will drop from minus 1.9% to minus 4% within the European Union and the euro zone, and when the finance ministers meet, their main areas of concern are long term viability, the quality of public finances, and the pursuit of structural reforms. You must be joking.
On the campaign trail, the voters ask us outright. Where is Europe? What is Europe doing? What proposals has President Barroso made to help those people who may find themselves unemployed tomorrow?
We are in a situation where it seems increasingly obvious that the reality of the current team’s chosen strategy, under the leadership of Mr Barroso, is a strategy
: in other words, acting too late, and thus in an inefficient and costly manner. This is not what we want.
Let me also say, Mr Barroso, since this will no doubt be the last time I will see you in this House, that your response to the challenge of the directive on hedge funds and investment funds has been totally unacceptable. You suggest that perhaps we ought not to have commented on the ongoing work within the Commission. What kind of text would this have been if we had not brought it to your attention? Your conclusion on this matter is to think that you can legislate on it, but you are only legislating in relation to the managers, and doing nothing to intervene in the reality of these funds. Your only concern is to protect investors, whilst the challenge is also about price stability. You have missed the point Mr Barroso."@en1
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