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"Mr President, before I start my speech proper, I will digress briefly in order to respond to Mr Trentin. When populism is introduced into a debate or a discussion, the debate will not bear much fruit. Mr Berlusconi and Mr Blair did not meet out of a desire for formal ceremony. They met in the conviction that there is a labour market model which needs reforming. We have an outdated model which needs modernising. We are also aware that there are conservative forces which protect workers on paper but do not afford them any protection at all in practice.
That said, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by congratulating Mr Karas on his excellent report. It is a faithful, accurate description of the state of the European and world economies following the terrorist attacks of 11 September last year; it is also a working document containing proposals on the future development of the European economy.
To bring about this economic revival, we must start with the rigorous application of Regulation 1466/97, which obliges the Member States of the eurozone to present and comply with stability programmes, while it obliges all the other States, pending total accession, to establish a sound, rigorous economic policy which is very close to that of the Member States. It is absolutely vital that all the acceding States apply these rules rigorously: any deviation or indulgence
would be counterproductive and would mean that they would subsequently be unable to endorse positions adopted towards other States which appear weaker on paper. The sectors worst affected by the crisis are also identified: insurance companies, the aeronautical industry and tourism. The suggestion put forward of a State reinsurance mechanism is certainly interesting, precisely because these terrorist acts are not committed against individuals but against the community of all people. It is vital that we learn from this crisis for the future. Growing nationalism and our performance of a leading international role must not lead us to disregard poverty and marginalisation. The greatest error we can make is to identify our own security and stability with the weakness of other, potentially enemy countries."@en1
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