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"Mr President, I welcome Parliament's report on the Commission's communication on new European labour markets. It is a very useful input to the preparation of the action plan on skills and mobility announced in that communication. I would also like to thank the rapporteur, maybe in writing, for his efforts and for the overview reflecting the contributions made by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, as well as the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee.
Finally, he proposes the creation of a common legal base for the third – the non-profit – sector. It seems to me that this requires more analysis and careful thought, in order to avoid putting unnecessary constraints on a sector which has an important potential for job creation.
To conclude, l should like to thank Parliament once again for this report, for its input into the Commission's Action Plan, and for its support for further opening up of the European labour markets.
In its communication the Commission proposes three strands of action to further improve operation of the labour markets: firstly removing skills barriers and tackling skills gaps, secondly removing barriers to mobility, and thirdly improving information and transparency.
The High-Level Task Force on Skills and Mobility, which was set up on a proposal from the Commission following the Stockholm European Council, will soon recommend a set of additional policy initiatives at EU and national levels to open the new European labour markets to all by 2005. Its report will be submitted to the Commission in December this year, on the basis of which the Commission will present an action plan to the Barcelona Council in spring 2002.
The rapporteur met the chairman and members of the task force at their most recent meeting, when Parliament's draft opinion had already been forwarded to the task force. It provided a timely opportunity for the task force to take account of your draft report in its deliberations.
The action plan will propose a set of policy initiatives, taking the form of a framework for action, to be transposed into more concrete legal texts, programmes or initiatives, in which not only the Member States, but also the social partners, regional and local authorities and other relevant organisations will be involved.
Let me now react more specifically to a number of the main points made by the rapporteur in his explanatory statement. First of all, he suggests the effective involvement of the social partners in the representative bodies. I agree that this is a positive feature of improving industrial relations, which would help the operation of the labour markets. But we also have to bear in mind that the dynamics of the labour market should not reduce access to these for people who have until now been excluded from these new developments. I share the objective of involving social partners more in the national action plans.
Secondly, he recommends the establishment of an agreement on the fiscal package to reduce disparities between Member States. There are still important differences in the tax treatment of individuals and enterprises between the Member States, but it would go beyond the scope of the Commission's action plan to present specific proposals in this area.
Thirdly, he also proposes greater regional and local participation in drafting the national action plans. This proposal is to be welcomed, particularly since the employment guidelines specifically encourage this.
Fourthly, he recommends better access by local and regional bodies to research opportunities in the Sixth Framework Programme. I recognise that improving the situation of disadvantaged regions and areas through research investment is part of the process of building up skills and human capital, which will help bring jobs to such regions."@en1
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