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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Economic policy guidelines for 2007 – Member States’ employment policies (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070214.22.3-305"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-02-14-Speech-3-3062
lpv:speaker	lp:Ana Mato Adrover2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2008-03-31)3,3 member; EMPL (2007-01-31--2008-03-31)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2008-03-31)3,3 substitute; REGI (2007-01-31--2007-04-25)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-11-14--2008-03-31)3,3 unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2008-03-31)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Europe is currently facing two great challenges: on the one hand, economic globalisation and, on the other, the ageing of the population, and all of this combined with the phenomenon of immigration. Both require clear modernisation of the European social model. As you know, competitiveness is the key element in terms of facing the challenge of globalisation. We all know that we cannot compete with the emerging countries in terms of labour costs, but we have a clear advantage, our human capital, given its capacity, its flexibility and its creativity, and we also have the crucial values of solidarity, equal opportunities and inclusiveness. With regard to the ageing of the population, in order to confront this challenge and to be able to guarantee pensions and healthcare in the future, it is essential that we increase productivity, and amongst other things that requires more jobs and also better quality jobs. There is a general consensus amongst the Member States that it is necessary to modernise legislation in the field of employment protection. In this regard, the combination of flexibility and security, which we often call ‘flexisecurity’, is a key element that must be developed in the future. We also need, firstly, to apply a strategy of active ageing, with more training for people over 45 and with financial and tax incentives to extend working lives beyond 65. Secondly, to guarantee an appropriate immigration policy, in accordance with a proposal that is based on a broad European agreement enabling it to be controlled in an ordered fashion and immigrants to be integrated by means of training and recycling plans suited to their profiles. Finally, to promote a reform of public pensions systems with a view to ensuring that they are sustainable through consolidation of public finances and incentives to supplement them by means of individual plans. I shall end, ladies and gentlemen, by stating that we still have a long way to go in order to achieve an effective and inclusive European labour market, which above all is focussed on life-long employment, and in which everybody, regardless of their age and conditions, receives the assistance and opportunities they require."@en1

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