Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-02-12-Speech-3-056"

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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	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030212.3.3-056"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-02-12-Speech-3-0572
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; België Spirit (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, in my opinion, the tone of this discussion is too pessimistic. I think that now, of all times, we need to testify in strong support of the value of the European model, not only as a market, but especially as a model for well-being, sustainability, development, and the prosperity which is tied up with well-being. That is why we have made a conscious decision to support integration in place of confrontation, unity in diversity, and world development in place of dominance. And so we have brought about the upcoming enlargement of the Union, but, at the same time, we are confronted with the growth of unemployment. At this time, therefore, we need leadership from the Commission, the Council, Parliament, the  EU institutions and the Member States. Member States, regions, local authorities and heads of businesses alike fail to deliver the goods, however. They all sit on top of their heaps of gold, exercising caution and not doing what needs to be done in order to combat this unemployment. Believe me, if we carry out enlargement of Europe with unemployment still hanging over our heads, we will be heading for an utter fiasco. You talk of research – we have failed to bring about a real European policy for this. Our still come to our universities to collect their honorary doctorates, before returning to the USA to work in very high-performance laboratories. Why are we doing so little; why are so many countries lagging behind in terms of research? If sustainable development is to be possible, each country must do more than it is currently doing, and together we must do more than we are currently doing. For we must admit that when times were good – times are not so good now, but we must turn the tide – we did actually see, to our regret, that regions with high unemployment also remained regions of high unemployment when they were part of the Union. On top of that there is also cyclical unemployment. At the same time, we can see that, across the board, there are still semi- and unskilled workers who are out of work, still too few women in the labour force, too few people in work, and businesses that systematically show their staff the door when they reach 52; and there are still too many countries that endorse this behaviour and even give government money for it. Have we not been fobbed off in that regard with nice summits and fine words for long enough now? I hope that now, some action will be the result."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"doctores honoris causa"1

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