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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we live in a dangerous world, even if, from the outside, the European Union appears to be a haven of peace. Of course, not everything in Europe is perfect. We must modernise our economic and social structures and we must prepare for the challenges of globalisation in order to seize the opportunities that it presents. In doing so, the Socialists want to protect the European social model. Social justice and social inclusion must remain our constant objectives but this does not prevent us from reforming the employment market. But if flexibility and mobility are a cure-all for full employment, how do you explain the recent rise in unemployment in the United States? In the Silicon Valley, the heart of the new economy, unemployment currently stands at 6%. The workers concerned, who are generally highly qualified, are not moving away. Those who are forced to leave are the 500 000 non-American specialists who had received temporary work permits under a special law. When comparing employment markets, we cannot disregard the fact that there are 2 million Americans in prison, versus 80 000 in Germany or 60 000 in Great Britain. The American model is not always to be commended. To sum up, we accept social reforms but are against ‘social dumping’.
Following the Lisbon Summit, Barcelona is expected to step up economic reforms. The Socialists do want to achieve a real internal market. Liberalisation, however, does not mean deregulation. Liberalisation calls for better rules and a genuine monitoring of these rules; the Enron affair should be a lesson to us all. By modernising its economy, Europe has a duty to maintain efficient public services for its citizens, particularly the least affluent. At a time when the United States is rediscovering the virtues of public service, Europe must not bring down its own. The Socialists are in favour of macro-economic stability. However, the Stability and Growth Pact must be applied in a non-dogmatic fashion but attention must at the same time be paid to the global situation. We need budgetary discipline, but we need flexibility as well, when the state of the world economy demands this. Today the Americans are showing us their pragmatism in terms of budgetary and fiscal policy. We are also in favour of globalisation, but reject globalisation that has no well-defined and multilaterally accepted rules. We reject globalisation that offers no solidarity, particularly to the developed countries. Yet – and the events of 11 September serve as a cruel reminder of this – the developed countries can only live in peace if they help to resolve conflicts which allow dogmatic agitators throughout the world to convince unemployed young people that they live in a world that has no prospects. It is up to us, Mr President, to show them that a common future is possible."@en1
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