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"Mr President, because of time pressure, let me respond in a nutshell to my portfolio issues – or rather, I should say, three little nutshells, one of them about the very charming German dialogue which emerged at a certain point in the Chamber.
Indeed, we believe that on quite a few issues in employment and social affairs, Germany offers very good models and very good practices. Let me just highlight the importance of dual training and the resulting low level of youth unemployment, and the intensity and quality of the social dialogue, which should also be seen as a model for others. It is true that on some other issues which we highlighted in the document, like rising in-work poverty and the so-called ‘mini jobs’ which threaten the segmentation of the labour market, while this is obviously not yet such a serious issue as in some southern countries, it is an emerging problem with implications for others as well. That is why we believe it is very important to reverse this and act against it. There is also a need to act more forcefully on the gender dimension for creating equal opportunities in the labour market for women.
Another small nutshell, on pensions. There was a reference to developments in France after the elections. I believe that in some Member States, including France and Italy, very important pension reforms have been designed and implemented, and it is very important to consolidate these reforms. However, we do not judge these developments from the headlines of either the tabloids or the political press, and I need to find out the real implications of the proposed new developments that came out of France. It is about fine-tuning in order to consolidate a reform.
I believe I will have an opportunity to discuss this with the Ministers as early as next week in the EPSCO Council and to see what the real magnitude and implication is of the otherwise very impressive slogans that emerged and probably played a role in recent weeks in the political discussion in France.
The third point I would like to make is that the country-specific recommendations, together with the entire semester, cover a wide range of issues, but they do not cover everything, and many issues including, for example, youth unemployment, cannot be fully covered. We put great emphasis on youth unemployment in the semester and in the country-specific recommendations where this is relevant, but we are taking many actions which are not covered here. They take place outside, and include the very significant reallocation of the ESF or Structural Fund resources. This is, of course, something to which one should pay attention and not just assume that because it is not highlighted again and again in every single document, it will not make an impact.
Similarly, about public investment and other forms of investment in physical, but also in human capital: there are certainly references in this document, but I believe it would be very relevant to link the comments we have heard to the discussion on the next MFF, because these need to be long-term commitments and are part of the long-term structural development of the financial architecture of the European Union."@en1
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