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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-04-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of the European Council of 23/24 March 2001 in Stockholm including the situation in the Middle East2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010404.2.3-025"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-04-04-Speech-3-0262
lpv:speaker	lp:Herman Schmid2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Vänsterpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in my view the emphasis at the Stockholm Summit lay on developing the internal market, in other words on economic liberalisation as stated earlier. The social issues, particularly the question of unemployment, were hardly touched upon. Göran Persson, it was the intention that the meeting was to focus on employment and employment policy. However, there are two different forms of employment policy. The first is about increasing provision on the labour market by increasing the labour force, i.e. increasing the employment rate. The second is about reducing the number of unemployed. These are two different areas of policy. In Stockholm you devoted yourselves to expanding the labour force by adding new groups to the labour market. This was to be achieved by reducing the number of women at home in Europe and by retaining the elderly on the labour market for a few more years. I have nothing against measures to increase the available workforce but no one can claim that they provide any direct benefit for the unemployed. In fact it is rather the reverse, such that the 14 – 15 million people who are unemployed face increasing competition for jobs by the addition of new groups at the same time as wage-related pressures increase. It would have been possible to combine both these areas of employment policy, within which the aim is both to increase overall employment and combat unemployment, by also proposing a reduction in normal working hours to 35 hours a week, or six hours a day. It has been claimed that a cut in working hours would not result in new jobs but this does not apply to low-paid jobs where there is a very clear link between reduced working hours and more jobs. Cutting working hours would also benefit all those who are already in work and make it easier for them to combine work and family life. I would like to see actual measures for the unemployed. It is not yet too late as the Swedish Presidency still has a few months left to run. I would like to see measures specifically focused on those who are unemployed and which help them here and now."@en1

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