Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-13-Speech-1-204-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-02-13"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120213.20.1-204-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-02-13-Speech-1-205-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Nikos Chrysogelos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; REGI (2012-02-02--2012-02-26)3 unknown; Ecologist Greens (2012-02-02--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2012-02-02--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2012-02-06--2014-06-30)3 member; G/EFA (2012-02-02--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, in light of the dramatic events in Greece last night, I should like to point out that there are two ways of dealing with fiscal problems: one is the policy being applied now, which tries to depress the cost of labour and create conditions which reduce a European country to the level of a third-world country or China. On the other hand, I consider that focussing on cohesion, focussing on job creation in green sectors, focussing on change, education and reform, with the participation of civil society, so that it can address its fiscal problems by improving public services and reviving its economy, is a solution in keeping with European values. It is clear today that many of the arrangements in the new Memorandum are not in keeping with European values. How can we expect young people to stay in Greece when they are paid just EUR 440 a month for an eight-hour day, when the cost of living, because there are no suitable social infrastructures, is over EUR 800? Young people are already abandoning Greece, with over 600 people a day leaving for other European countries. The Troika and the Commission representative are focussing unilaterally on reducing labour costs; instead the Commission should be investing in innovation. We need to ‘win over’ society to participate in the reforms. It will be impossible to achieve fiscal targets or reforms in general with society opposed to the reforms. However, that means that society must have incentives, must know that there is cohesion, that there will be jobs, that soon there will be a better quality of life for everyone; otherwise, it will oppose the reforms. I worry that movements will arise against the European Union and that grassroots movements will gain ground in Greece, whereas the solution needs to be a European solution and the Commission and Parliament and the other Member States will need to make a serious contribution."@en1
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