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"Mr President, when the Barcelona Summit takes place, it will be two years since the Lisbon process began and the objective was set of creating the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by the year 2010. It is now high time that we provided stronger support for developing and consolidating the process of modernising the European economy and that we made clear our demands for practical measures.
If we are to be able to create a dynamic and competitive Europe, then deregulation, liberalisation, structural changes and tax reductions must be implemented. That will in turn lead to basic conditions being created for new companies and new jobs, as well as to increased prosperity. We shall not obtain a dynamic and competitive Europe though further detailed regulations or through the EU’s taking on responsibility for an increased number of areas.
What is fundamental to achieving the Lisbon objective is, first of all, an internal energy market characterised by liberalisation, competition and openness. This is of the greatest importance to European industry and the people of Europe if they are to obtain better service and lower prices. The second prerequisite is an internal market for financial services with a view to improving the opportunities for investment and economic growth by means of lower capital costs and increased profitability.
Modernisation of the European economy is partly aimed at reducing unemployment in Europe, for example by increasing employee mobility, something which is also very important if the common currency is to flourish. Small and medium-sized enterprises, in particular, must also be provided with sound basic conditions in which to start up, grow and become larger – or, perhaps, even to become large companies.
I believe that these viewpoints should have been the main content of Parliament’s statements about the continued direction of the Lisbon process prior to the Barcelona Summit. Unfortunately, that has not quite been the case, something which we Conservatives regret. The report even contains a number of points that are in direct conflict with dynamic and competitive development. If the report were really to have supported the Lisbon process, it should have focused upon deregulation, liberalisation and increased competition."@en1
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