Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-27-Speech-3-087"

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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	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020227.6.3-087"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-27-Speech-3-0882
lpv:speaker	lp:Bartho Pronk2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-02-07--2002-03-06)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Rato y Figaredo and Commissioners, I believe we are debating a very important topic today, and I am delighted that this is being done under the Spanish Presidency. Nowhere has unemployment fallen so dramatically as in Spain. I calculated a moment ago that the Union’s total unemployment figure has fallen by 1% thanks to Spain’s enormous efforts. Without these efforts, we would have had an unemployment figure of 9.5%; instead it is now 8.5%. I think this is an exceptionally important achievement which should be emulated in some other countries. This achievement has been brought about by a combination of economic reform, social dialogue, etc., and the intention is to follow this example across all European countries. There are also a few unfortunate developments, of course. The first one has already been mentioned by Mr Poettering, namely the issue of the warning letter in Germany. How did this come about? I should also like to mention two perfidious features, the first one being that a country that is not a member of the eurozone, namely Great Britain, should intervene in eurozone matters. It is not their concern, they are not involved in it in any way; yet they still help make a qualified majority impossible. This is really outrageous! At this rate, Putin and Bush will soon have a say in our interest rate. This is not acceptable and, in my view, we should put an end to this at the earliest opportunity. The second perverse feature, the internal German is of a different kind. In the Stability Pact, we try to avoid getting into debt, but in the German the accumulation of debts is rewarded, and federal states which have no need of getting into real debt are forced to do so nevertheless. This must also be put a stop to. If we can manage to do this, this will benefit our economic role which will become more community-oriented."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Finanzausgleich"1

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