Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-25-Speech-2-488-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Surge in job dismissals in Europe as a result of the economic crisis in particular at Arcelor and Nokia (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111025.29.2-488-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-10-25-Speech-2-489-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Philippe De Backer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2011-09-07--2012-01-26)3 member; TRAN (2011-09-12--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2011-09-12--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (2011-09-07--2014-06-30)3 substitute; EMPL (2011-09-09--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2011-09-12--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ECON (2011-09-09--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2011-09-09--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, sixty years ago, our Union got off to a flying start with the European Coal and Steel Community. However, there is precious little left of either of these industries today. The most recent victim fell last month, or this month, at ArcelorMittal in Liège, where countless jobs have been lost. First of all, this is particularly tragic for the workers who have lost their jobs. I hope that we, from Europe, will be able to provide the necessary support to help them find a new job and that we will support them with the opening of our labour market, resulting in more jobs, and by coupling this with growth. In addition, we in Europe should also learn our lessons. Several Member States have actually gone too far with a pathetic industrial policy designed to try and protect industries and jobs against globalisation, while in fact, a different policy, namely modernisation, was necessary. It is therefore imperative that the Commission keeps an eye on how European State aid and State aid by Member States is allocated. There is a second, very important point and it has to do with reconversion. We from Europe definitely need to focus on innovation, on modernising our economy. In my own region, we have a good example of that, precisely in the steel industry. Since Flanders is steel-friendly, many efforts are being put into high-tech innovation in the steel industry in order to create absolute added value and to be internationally competitive once more. When guiding Member States in the implementation of the EU 2020 strategy, Europe and the Commission have to be unreservedly committed to enabling that innovative and high-tech reconversion. It is absolutely essential that we as Europe stop fighting globalisation and that we stop giving our citizens any false promises. It is important, just as you have mentioned, that we as the European Union adapt, that we link up reconversion with growth in order to make a modern economy possible. We must once again anticipate what globalisation will bring to us. We should no longer allow ourselves to be passive victims of it, but rather try to give it more direction from Europe."@en1
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