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"The crisis has resulted in enormous economic and social costs, including economic stagnation, large increases in unemployment and poverty. Current Council and Commission policy is to emphasise fiscal consolidation - the restoration of the debt and budget deficit criteria of the Stability and Growth Pact. The debate about how to address these problems is also about how we save the European social model from fatal damage. The Treaty on European Union acknowledges that services of general economic interest (SGEI) are an intrinsic part of Europe’s social model and states clearly the responsibilities of Member States in the delivery of such services, while the European Charter of Fundamental Rights recognises the right of citizens to access SGEI. High quality universal services such as health, education and childcare, and essential network services such as transport, energy and telecommunications, ensure a healthy, active, and harmonious society. They are also essential for higher levels of labour market participation and for the development of a competitive social market economy. I agree with the report’s call for the Member States and the Commission to better coordinate their actions in this area and exchange good practice, promoting the further modernisation of social services of general interest (SSGI) in different Member States. I believe that the establishment of a high-level working group could make a significant contribution towards determining existing problems and possible means of addressing them, particularly in terms of identifying European single market rules that are having a negative impact on the provision of SSGI."@en1
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