Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-25-Speech-3-049"

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dcterms:Date	"2004-02-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Economic and financial guidelines2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040225.5.3-049"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-25-Speech-3-0502
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2002-03-06--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, four years after the ‘Lisbon Strategy’, which was approved during the Portuguese presidency and which raised so many hopes, the socio-economic situation in the Community, particularly in Portugal, has deteriorated significantly, and not one single objective has been implemented. The only decisions that have been approved are liberalisations and privatisations, measures that have reduced job security and increased attacks on public services. In other words, this is the neo-liberal agenda of Europe’s employers, the agenda of the Union of Industrial and Employer’s Confederations in Europe, the agenda of the captains of industry, which has become the be-all and end-all of the EU’s economic and social policy. Another Spring Summit will soon be upon us, yet, from what we see in the Commission’s report, the economic recipe will be ‘more of the same’. Support will continue for the process of liberalisation and privatisation in numerous sectors, from transport to energy, from postal services to telecommunications. Blatant bias is shown against the public sector; the struggle of the workers and of others affected by these anti-social policies is ignored; social issues are deemed of secondary importance; and employment policy is based on making work more flexible, on unstable work and on wage restraints. Unemployment has risen and the jobs that have been created are scarce. The number of workers on short-term contracts has risen by four million and of those working part time by two million. Multinationals continue their relocations, which exacerbate unemployment and hamper development in many regions, as is currently happening in my country. The hardest hit are women and young people. Hence our insistence that the Lisbon Strategy must be revised and that a moratorium be placed on liberalisations, in order that economies can be revived and demand can be sustained. This is also why we have insisted on pressing for the Stability Pact to be suspended, and replaced by a social progress and employment pact, in line with the objectives of full employment, sustained economic development and economic and social cohesion. This is the only way in which we will see more training, more education, more innovation and more research, which are the prerequisites for sustained development in the EU."@en1

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