Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-11-03-Speech-3-071"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-11-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Macroeconomic dialogue2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991103.6.3-071"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-03-Speech-3-0722
lpv:speaker	lp:Olle Schmidt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3,3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the fact that so many of Europe’s citizens turned their backs on the EU at this summer’s election is largely due to the fact that they did not think that the EU and the Member States had succeeded in creating jobs in Europe. Growth in the EU is still too low, and unemployment in the vast majority of countries unacceptably high. Quite simply, not enough is being done by the individual Member States. The tax system is still preventing new jobs from being created and, in fact, my own country, Sweden, is an example of one country where this is happening. Laws and regulations in the labour market, too, are still an obstacle to job creation and, where this issue too is concerned, I can cite Sweden as an example. According to a recent survey, it is Sweden and Germany which have the least flexible labour markets. If the macroeconomic dialogue is to be fruitful and produce results, which is something we all want to happen, and if European countries together are to be able to provide better conditions for new job opportunities, then I am firmly of the view that all Member States without exception must participate in EMU. In Sweden, there is a debate going on at the moment about whether Sweden, including the Swedish Government, has less influence within the EU because we are at present outside EMU. Former Finance Minister Erik Åsbrink and – most recently, yesterday – former Commissioner Anita Gradin have expressed the view that this is the case. I fully share their opinion. To believe that a macroeconomic dialogue can seriously be conducted if some Member States remain outside EMU while the majority of countries are a part of it is, in my view, an illusion which cannot be maintained in the long term. For the sake of employment and welfare throughout Europe, I am therefore looking for a clearer and sharper perspective upon EMU from the Commission and Commissioner Solbes Mira, as well as from the Council. Mr Karas said that “we are all in the same boat”. I should like to say to him, “no, unfortunately, we are still not all in the same boat”. But it is important that, in future, we should in fact be so."@en1

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