Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-13-Speech-1-056"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Special European Council (23-24 March 2000 in Lisbon)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000313.2.1-056"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-13-Speech-1-0572
lpv:speaker	lp:Anne Van Lancker2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2000-03-08--2002-01-16)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, it is, I think, thanks to your and the Commission’s commitment that the Lisbon Summit can finally prove to be an ambitious and social summit where the European social model is at long last seen as a new driving force behind European integration and where full employment can become a concrete goal. But if Lisbon wants to become the summit of these political ambitions, it must also take on board methodology. I would like to draw your attention to three points, in particular, which seem essential to me if this summit wants to succeed as a major social summit. Firstly, the method should be such that the employment strategy and the new coordination procedure for social security do not become subservient to a macro-economic policy whose only aim is stability. To me, Mr President-in-Office, this is a clear message that the Social Affairs Council must have as much clout as the ECOFIN Council and that political power must remain in the hands of the European Council itself. Secondly, I would very much like to second your commitment to lay down clear objectives, regarding both economic growth and the level of employment. But I would like to add that, if Lisbon wants to become a real social summit, we must also be able to spell out our plans to modernise and reinforce social security. Here, too, we need standards of excellence and a Luxembourg process. Finally, I support the European Commission’s intent to formulate an ambitious European poverty standard and to drastically reduce poverty within a ten-year period. I think it is important to formulate an objective in this respect, Mr President-in-Office, that is to say to challenge all Member States to stamp out social exclusion of all citizens in our society, not only children, but also their parents and the elderly. I wish the President-in-Office all the best in the pursuit of his ambitions."@en1

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