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"Mr President, thank you for opening this session with a statement on the truly shocking news from Pakistan. As parents we take our children to school to learn and trust them to be safe, and our hearts go out to those families who have lost children today.
We do face unprecedented challenges. Our economies are under pressure, our resources are under pressure, security is under pressure and Europe needs to change. The Commissioners have talked about change, we need to see them deliver. We must build our economic strength. Yes, we share wider objectives – higher living standards, the environment, opportunity, equality – but we need strong economies to deliver this. So the economy must come first. And every EU initiative should face that simple test: will it make it easier or harder for businesses to thrive? Too often in the past we have seen the EU churn out new laws without thinking through the impact on growth, on small businesses, on innovation. This must stop and our decisions should be based on evidence.
Mr Juncker promised our Group he would keep a chief scientific adviser. Please keep that promise, Mr Juncker. Instead of focusing on yet more new laws, we should also make sure the existing ones work, and if they do not, then let us change them. And the last Commission promised to reduce burdens. Will you keep that promise, will you set a target for cutting red tape and then stick to it? We need to focus on growth, the single market in energy and services, and new public procurement rules should reduce costs and help growth. Let us deliver those changes.
In 2015 we want to look forward to 2050 and not back to the 1950s. We need vibrant digital markets, conditions that let industries succeed and increase external trade too. And if we do not conclude that deep trade agreement with the US, then yes, we will be left behind. We need to unlock investment, especially for small companies and for infrastructure, investment built on private funds, on equity and not just public debt, because the crisis in public debt is not over.
Budgetary stability is still key as are structural reforms, but this does not mean centralising social and employment policies, because overruling national governments would risk even deeper resentments. And, Commissioners, we cannot have one set of rules for public spending at home and another set here in Strasbourg and Brussels. You must cut costs and waste from the EU budget and put the EU’s own finances in order.
It is because public services are so stretched that the people of Europe have concerns over immigration. These must be addressed. Yes, we must cooperate with third countries and help tackle the causes of migration. But serious actions must also be taken to stop abuses of the migration system, both within and outside the EU. Our single market is meant to help businesses and consumers trade easily across 28 countries, not a bureaucratic one-size-fits-all monolith stifling creativity and reducing competition, not red tape, not regulation. That is our vision and we will work with those who share it."@en1
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