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I voted in favour, as I welcome the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs initiative and Mrs Kratsa’s report. The importance of the service sector as a key element in job creation can be amply illustrated in simple statistics. In 2000, services accounted for 68.8% of overall employment in the EU, whereas in 1991, this figure was as low as 62.7%. These figures are all the more revealing when compared with the US, where the service sector accounts for 80% of economic activity and 80% of the work force.
The service sector acts as a catalyst for future growth, and the opportunities that it offers should be exploited to the full.
I therefore agree with the rapporteur when she calls on the Commission to publish a White Paper on the completion of an effective and genuine internal services market as quickly as possible, in which emphasis is placed on public or private investment in research and development and which demonstrates considerable commitment to SMEs as a driving force.
I particularly welcome the idea that the most important investment nowadays is in people, in men and women, given that education and training – alongside the dissemination of new technologies – are the main ingredients of effective policy for innovation in the services sector and for the worthwhile aim of job creation."@en1
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