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"Mr President, for some time, the policy pushed forward by the Commission via the Troika has focused, in particular, on unilateral austerity. I am delighted that today we are debating employment and growth; however, a great deal of damage has already been done and the Commission must admit that it has made a massive mistake, as has the Greek Government. What are the statistics at present? We know that unemployment in relation to the active population has passed the 21% mark and that over 1 000 000 people are unemployed. Two million people, 20% of the total population, are only just surviving and over 50% of young people have been unemployed for a very long time. We therefore need to look again at the policies being applied in Greece and ensure that there is cohesion between them and our European values. We need more than mere promises and words; we also need objectives. We have included an objective to reduce the deficit, but why have we not included an objective to reduce unemployment and deal with the problems of small and medium-sized enterprises. We also need specific targets and timetables. Unilateral austerity is not the answer; the problem needs to be addressed in a fair, balanced manner, by changing the economy and the administration."@en1
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