Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-04-05-Speech-2-047-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-04-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Conclusions of the European Council meeting (24-25 March 2011) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110405.3.2-047-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-04-05-Speech-2-048-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Gunnar Hökmark2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, so far we have dealt with the crisis but now we need to deal with the fundamental problems that caused the crisis – namely the large deficits and the weak public finances. That is why the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact is of utmost importance, not only to reach the aims and targets but also to have credibility in the economies of Europe. We also need to tackle the problems of the lack of competitiveness and economic growth. That is the main task we need to deal with in order to fight poverty and create jobs, but also to secure prosperity. Of course, Member States have a fundamental responsibility here to restructure budgets, giving priority to social security and investments in growth at the same time as deficits are reduced. They must reform markets, including labour markets and other opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises. That is what Member States must do – and much more – but let us also underline what the European Union as such must do. We must have the same level of preparedness to restructure the budget of the European Union as we are demanding from Member States, ensuring that we give priority to growth and investment, research and science and open markets. We also need to ensure that we are reforming the European market. Seventy percent of the European economy is in the service sector, but the Services Directive is rather limited in that perspective. The future of the European economy lies in the service sector and the knowledge economy. There is strong demand for the Commission to put forward proposals making the internal market applicable to the whole knowledge economy. That is the key issue in making Europe the leading knowledge economy in the world."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Moderata Samlingspartiet (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-17--2013-06-30)3 substitute; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-17--2013-06-30)3 vice-chair; EPP (2009-11-25--2014-06-30)3 member; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Gunnar Hökmark (PPE ). -"1
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