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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Employment guidelines for 2002/Joint employment report 20012
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011023.4.2-052"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-23-Speech-2-0532
lpv:speaker	lp:Luigi Cocilovo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partito popolare italiano (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, when the experiment of the Luxembourg procedure was set in motion in 1997 and guidelines for Member States’ employment policies adopted, it was in the conviction that a favourable climate of economic growth might not alone be sufficient to ensure automatic positive results in employment. Today, we are confirming this strategy, these undertakings and guidelines in an economic climate which we all know to be much less favourable, or, rather, full of risks, and we are therefore doing so, first and foremost, by duly recognising the need, already established at the Lisbon Summit, to bring the economic policy guidelines adopted at Community level and by the Member States into line with employment policy recommendations and guidelines. This does not diminish the specific role of the Luxembourg procedure and the economic policy guidelines in the context of what has been defined a coordination process, an open coordination process. We are aware that these alone are not enough; however, they are, or can be, decisive for maximising the effects or reducing the risks for employment, which are also linked to the economic trend. All this must be subject to certain conditions, focused on in both the Commission’s proposals, which we judged to be positive, and Parliament’s position. I will mention them very briefly: we feel that this is a process which warrants careful attention, controls and monitoring. It is not enough just to state the objectives which are then included under the principle of subsidiarity in national employment plans. There must also be consistency in terms of effectiveness and implementation: that is why we call for the adoption of auditable, reliable common indicators at Member State as well as Community level, in order to achieve national objectives without whose achievement it would subsequently be difficult to reach our common European and Community objectives. There must be consistency with budgetary policies at Member State level and at local and regional levels as well; there must be quality employment objectives seeking to combine flexibility, social dialogue, protection, rights and safety, but which also extend beyond that context to include lifelong training, integration policies and employment with a view to increasing the productivity of less elderly workers. Lastly, and most importantly, there must be equal opportunities policies and active employment policies. If these conditions are met, the contribution of the Luxembourg procedure will not be the only factor but it will certainly be decisive."@en1

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