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"Mr President, I believe that I must say that, while appreciating what the Obama administration has done in the framework of its job creation programme, we should not be overly dazzled by this grand gesture.
If you study the Obama programme in detail, you will see that it incorporates 90% of the measures already in place in all EU Member States. It is actually a programme aiming to make automatic stabilisers more effective, as we know that they are only making half the impact that they are in Europe. I agree with giving bonuses to the long-term unemployed, and I like the idea that the United States is finally basing itself more on the European social model. Yet these measures are already in force here. Widespread use of short-time work schemes, that is all very well, but we introduced this the moment the crisis hit Europe.
So we cannot say that the US programme is any more ambitious or different than ours. The US is moving towards the elements of the programme which has always been European.
For the rest, since you are concerned about German taxpayers’ understanding, Ms Merkel and others will need to explain to our German friends that Europe is like a tango between the solidarity of some and the stability of others.
I think I can say that I know Germany well. I am there often enough, I often give speeches there – ones that are not always interrupted – and I have noticed that, when you explain things properly, in a way that is understandable and engaging, when you are not making excuses for everything that you have done, most German citizens have no problem in understanding. They need to be told the truth. From the beginning, you need to explain your point of view. The Germans are not egotistical. Like the rest of us, they want to understand and it is true that our teaching abilities are underdeveloped, but we are learning."@en1
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