Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-04-11-Speech-2-108"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-04-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of the European Council in Lisbon, 23 -24 March 20002
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000411.5.2-108"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-11-Speech-2-1092
lpv:speaker	lp:Ole Krarup2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PETI (1999-10-08--2001-09-09)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-12-10)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Folkebevægelsen mod EU (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"It was with great interest that I followed the European Council’s summit in Lisbon. There was a very impressive display of rhetoric, chiefly indicative of impotence on a massive and growing scale. It is, of course, all well and good to have the strategic goal of becoming the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world with a view to creating sustainable growth. The first problem, however, is that no specific actions of any kind have been outlined which can give actual substance to this ambition. The second problem is that the social problems entailed and which (for better and, particularly, for worse) are a very significant part of actual life in the European Union have been ignored. The Presidency’s conclusions talk of “the European social model”. I am not aware of any European social model. I am familiar with a number of different models for social welfare, tied to specific national traditions. In my own country, there is a tradition which differs markedly from the dominant tradition in the European Union. The real problem is being completely ignored. This was hinted at in the negotiations prior to the intergovernmental conference, namely the problem of implementing reforms so as to create a European social model. I must issue a strong warning against doing any such thing. There is to be a commitment to majority decision-making in this area. My own country’s government opposes this, and so do we who are sceptical about this self-fulfilling development within the European Union. The most significant legacy of the European Council’s summit in Lisbon is all the unresolved problems."@en1

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