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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-02-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation for the 2003 Spring summit (Brussels, 21-22 March 2003) (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030212.3.3-043"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-02-12-Speech-3-0442
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Andersson2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PES (2000-10-04--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Japan (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, quite a lot of criticisms have been made of the Lisbon Process. I also think it right that it should be examined critically. At the same time, we must not underestimate the fact that it has done quite a bit of good. If, today, we look at how we are coping with the present recession in comparison with the one we experienced at the beginning of the nineties, there is a big difference. We have low growth, and unemployment has certainly stopped falling, but we are coping much better than we did in the nineties. Might it be that economic coordination and monetary policy are playing a role? That is what I, in any case, believe. At the same time I believe that the Lisbon Process must be reformed. The process needs to be better coordinated. It needs to hang together properly, and more focus on implementation is required. In this connection, it is important for us to see these three parts of the process as being of equal value. It is also important that there should be balance in the Lisbon Process. I come from Sweden, a country that is used to implementing structural measures. We are in favour of an open economy, competition and structural reforms, but we are also in favour of a high social standard, that is to say social systems that provide security and the target of full employment. If the Lisbon Process does not strike a balance between the structural measures, the employment strategy and sustainable social systems, it will fall apart and fail. It is therefore important that this balance be maintained. In conclusion, I want to say something about sustainable development. This affects the whole area. It has to do with development that is sustainable economically and with sustainable social systems, especially sustainable pensions systems, that is to say ones that are sustainable both from economic and social points of view, so that they are fair. Sustainable development has to do with the environment too, however. The strategic solution in this connection is investment, for if we get investment under way in the new technology, by which I mean the cleanest technology, we shall also improve the environment throughout Europe, at the same time as increasing growth and creating more jobs."@en1

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