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"Mr President, at least the Commission cannot be accused of prettifying the situation: on the contrary, Mr Barroso and Mr Rehn, you have been frank and said that the economic situation in Europe has become dramatically worse.
Now it would actually appear that the medicine – and all strong medicines generally have side-effects – has arrested growth, and that is why we need a new plan, a plan B. I am pleased that we have heard today that we will have some sort of new plan in the shape of the Green Paper on stability bonds, with which the firewall will be reinforced. On the other hand, we will be making long-term plans to tame market forces, by means of the financial transaction tax and Eurobonds, for example. This is very important.
It should also be remembered that a Europe for Citizens cannot exist without a social Europe. Mr Bisky, you were right when you said that we also need to feel that Europe is going in the right direction. We need government, we need action, but we also need to feel that Europe is going in the right direction.
Mr Van Rompuy, I have an idea for you. Could you please put the earphones on because I am going to say it in Finnish. You say that the European Union is a source of ideas. Put pressure on the Member States to give the Commission power to close down the tax havens, because this would be a great act of justice and would reaffirm the feeling that Europe is now on the right track."@en1
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