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"Mr President, I should like to congratulate Mr Bullmann on having produced a report which manages to keep consistently to the main point and address all the consequences of the very important resolutions passed in Lisbon. The rapporteur proposes a dynamic combination of measures based on a complementary perception of economic reform, employment and social policy, illustrating the added benefits for each of these sectors. We can only hope that future follow-ups to Lisbon will apply the same policy and demonstrate the same soundness of judgment and consistency.
I should like to comment, in particular, on the importance of the knowledge economy and of investments in human resources as a basic element of European policy. Lifelong learning is a prime means for the European economy of developing the human capital which a knowledge society needs at its disposal. We need more educated, suitably trained workers in all leading-edge sectors. Lifelong learning is not a new philosophy; it is a serious political proposal to allow human resources to adapt and evolve in the face of new developments.
We also need to ensure that suitable information networks are created, to which all citizens have access, without exclusion and without a cost barrier. All current obstacles to lifelong learning should be dealt with and removed. This is a social cost which we need to bear in the belief that it will yield a maximum return, for the benefit of the European social and political model.
Another important point which I should like to highlight is the free movement of students, teachers, instructors and researchers, in order to strengthen the role of education in the nascent knowledge-based European society. However, measures must also be taken to avoid the obvious danger of information poverty. Care must be taken to ensure that labour market flexibility does not lead to new forms of insecurity and marginalisation for workers.
In today's era of globalisation and huge technological changes in everyday life, citizens need to be given more opportunity to adapt and evolve and additional cultural choices. We need to strengthen culture in general in Europe and the cultural environment which is directly linked to the economic and social situation."@en1
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