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Despite the genuine efforts on the part of both the Commission and the Member States to improve the competitiveness of SMEs, further measures are needed in this area. I still think any initiative aimed at ensuring more appropriate use of EU resources to support SMEs or helping this sector to function smoothly is vitally important. A good example of the latter is the SME test which was mentioned in yesterday’s debate, and which would enable preliminary examination of the impact of legislation on SMEs. In this context I could also mention the online portals for EU SMEs proposed by Mr Rübig, which would enable programmes targeted at SMEs to operate more effectively. A properly functioning single market creates a competitive environment in which SMEs at present are still at a significant disadvantage, largely because they do not have adequate information on business opportunities, and because lack of language knowledge is a major obstacle. For this reason I believe that an EU strategy geared towards better legislation is needed, and the ambitious proposals put forward by Mr Rübig are crucial in order to make the European Union more competitive and more attractive to investors and producers. I therefore voted in favour of this report."@en1
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