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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I have a few comments to make about the report by our fellow Member, Karl von Wogau. I believe that when discussing the coordination of economic policies, the debate that we are holding today and the vote that we will take on this report are still our main cornerstones, on which any comments should be based. From this point of view, I cannot resist the pleasure of repeating a warning. These broad economic guidelines are still our primary analytical and working tools for arranging the coordination of economic policies. We can only regret the fact that once these broad guidelines have been adopted, they will no longer be part of the national debate. I urge all our colleagues in the Member States to take these broad guidelines into account when they draw up national budgetary and fiscal guidelines, because otherwise there will be no genuine coordination of economic policies. We shall soon have the opportunity to come back to this subject, when we discuss the communication by the Commissioner.
I have three comments to make on the main thrust of the proposal submitted to us today by our fellow Member, Karl von Wogau. The first comment is to express my pleasure at what the report says on enhancing this tool and on the prospect of a convergence of the fiscal and budgetary policies of the Member States, particularly and primarily of those belonging to the euro zone. I have taken note of the consideration given here to the importance of economic stature, which should be taken into consideration when considering sanctions against a Member State. I imagine that this will take us back to the debate that we had last year on the situation in Ireland. I believe that the decision taken on Ireland is not exceptional. This decision was expected, it was legitimate and it was fortunate. Even so, if we have to consider the importance of economic stature in various situations, we will then have to look at how Mr Berlusconi will implement his economic policy and whether this is compatible with the broad guidelines that we are finalising today.
Mr President, I would like to make one comment, if I may, on the reform of the labour markets. If this involves carrying out structural reforms, by amending the Directive establishing a European Works Council, on the information and consultation of workers, we can only support this. Lastly, with regard to liberalisation, I think that experience both within and beyond Europe suggests that we should be extremely careful in maintaining access to public services, in parallel with these changes."@en1
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