Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-27-Speech-3-078"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Barcelona European Council2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020227.6.3-078"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-27-Speech-3-0792
lpv:speaker	lp:Anne E. Jensen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Venstre (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; BUDG (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it has been no easy task to formulate Parliament’s discussion paper for the forthcoming summit. Mr Bullmann has done his best, and I thank him for that. My group would nonetheless make reservations about a number of points in the report, certain parts of which are, in our view, pervaded by a fear of liberalisation. For us, there is no contradiction between a free market economy and good social conditions. On the contrary. Experience shows that, in by far the majority of cases, we all benefit as consumers from free competition guaranteeing low prices and good quality. At the Barcelona Summit, government leaders will have to adopt positions on a very ambitious plan of action for promoting qualifications and mobility in the EU over the next five years. I think this plan is a really good initiative. Decisions must be made at EU level to make life easier for those who wish to seek new challenges by studying, or taking jobs, in other EU countries. They must be guaranteed social rights. However, there is also a long list of initiatives that the Member States must implement in order to strengthen the various forms of education. This must be done through open coordination, and I think it a splendid idea that we should implement open coordination in this area. I just think it important that it be accompanied by an open debate involving all the parties concerned, for, without such an open debate, there is a democratic deficit in the method of open coordination. I also think we must take care that open coordination is not used out of all proportion and that we do not set common European objectives and quotas for everything under the sun. We should then end up by destroying a good idea, and we are not in any case in favour of open coordination where child care is concerned."@en1

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