Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-02-Speech-1-076"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-10-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Risk capital2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001002.6.1-076"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-02-Speech-1-0772
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 co-chair; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-01-29)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; ECON (2000-02-02--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, unemployment within the European Union is, at more than 9% of the population eligible for work, still relatively high. The development of the risk capital sector in Europe will mainly encourage small and medium-sized businesses to attract capital. This is a development to be welcomed as it is exactly this sector which has so much potential for creating employment. I would urge the European Commission to bring the process of adopting the directive on additional pensions to a conclusion. Subject to rules of prudence, institutions must have complete freedom of investment. In addition, Member States must ensure that paid pension contributions are exempt from tax so that a new source of private capital can be tapped. But the availability of capital is not the only threshold. Often, it is the infamous web of rules and regulations, red-tape and formalities which stop small businesses from taking on staff. Many Member States thus have the major task of setting structural reform in motion and taking down unnecessary barriers. With a view to the desired reform of the European patent system, I should like to bring the Commissioner’s attention to the European Patent Office’s trilingual system, which engenders distortion of competition. It should therefore be possible to submit an application in every official language of the Union. I believe that, without a doubt, the equal treatment of languages is in the interests of small, innovative businesses and also complies with the EU Treaty. Another concern, expressed – rightly so, in my opinion – in Paragraph 22 of the motion for a resolution, relates to the possible patenting of natural materials, such as genes and plants. The principle that life is a gift of God and is not property acquired by people, should be respected at all times."@en1
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