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"Mr President, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to highlight four social accents which seem to me crucial in the strategy for
Stockholm.
First of all, Madam President-in-Office, Stockholm must hold on to the objective of full employment. That also means that that 3% growth must remain on the agenda and that hence productive investments must be made, not only in the knowledge society but also in social services and in people. This must be clearly reflected in the employment guidelines. I welcome the interim goals but these must also be included in the economic guidelines.
Secondly: full employment, to us, means quality jobs. And however important coordination methods are, it is important that a clear link is established with the social agenda, social legislation and social agreements in this connection. I set great store by the fact that you have invited the Commission to formulate objectives for the right to lifelong learning, but it would be equally important, Madam President-in-Office, if the Council were to invite the social partners to at long last reach agreements on that score.
Thirdly: Stockholm must be the summit where quality equals equality. That means that we should not only talk about labour participation of the elderly, however important that is, but also of women. Stockholm should therefore focus on improving the quality of the so-called atypical jobs, on reconciling work and family, redistributing the work, a strategy of equal pay for equal work, and child care.
Lastly: Stockholm must first and foremost be a social summit which does not reduce everything to labour market policy, however important that may be, but also maps out courses for the future with regard to social cohesion and solidarity. I so much hope, Madam President-in-Office, that Stockholm will prove crucial in the strategy of open coordination in terms of social exclusion and social protection, so that the Belgian Presidency can outline clear and ambitious objectives in this strategy.
Mrs Lindh, the texts are, in my opinion, not wholly satisfactory, but I hope that in the time left available to us, the missing pieces of the jigsaw puzzle will fall into place."@en1
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