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"I believe that there is little difference between my initial position and your comments. I have pointed out that economic growth helps to improve the context and you draw the conclusion that it does not necessarily reduce the differences. Your comment is correct and I do not believe that this argument will take us very far. It is true that in Greece the differences between the richest 20% and the poorest 20% of the population are very high in relation to the average.
What is the Commission’s position? I believe that the Commission has been very clear. Firstly, I believe that growth is important. Within growth, it is essential to increase employment. In order to increase employment, it is not enough to implement measures of a structural nature, such as reducing tax and social costs.
We also believe that adapting the labour markets in order to create more employment is essential in the fight against poverty, but we believe that this does not include the specific actions for fighting poverty referred to at the Nice Council and which you clearly know well. The necessary actions relate to a series of areas which are well defined. I believe that this is the position of both the European Union and the Commission."@en1
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