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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Internal market strategy: priorities 2003 – 20062
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040310.8.3-284"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-10-Speech-3-2852
lpv:speaker	lp:Ioannis Koukiadis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; EMPL (2002-02-05--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 member; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the main virtue of the report by Mr Miller is that it attempts a global approach. Thus, it is rightly considered that the strategy for the market, together with the broad economic policy guidelines and the employment guidelines, are one of the three means for promoting the Lisbon and Gothenburg objectives. Consequently, proper operation of the market presupposes acceptance of this basic political objective. If the Lisbon strategy failed to bring about the results we were expecting, this is due to ambiguity about its real content. We believe that, in the same way as competitiveness of the market is being proposed, the social dimension of the strategy for it should also be jointly evaluated without fear. Thus, competitiveness, in the sense of ‘competitiveness based on quality’ rather than ‘competitiveness based on eroding labour costs’, as well as being a governing principle for economic relations, will also become a general principle for all social relations. Only thus will it be possible for the European model to be exported and to play a leading role in the global market. If this strategic objective is accepted unreservedly, we can resolve the individual problems of malfunctions on the internal market more effectively. Our first concern is for the Member States to be convinced at long last that an internal market cannot function without advanced harmonisation of its legislation, including the lifting of tax barriers, and without increased responsibility for the application of the agreed rules without delay and without distortion. The current regime for monitoring the application of Community rules has failed and radical reform is needed. The second concern is to address the phenomena of the development of the internal market by just one section of the companies and the active population. Unless small- and medium-sized enterprises and consumers are brought on board, any decisions we take at European level will have limited results. Therefore, above all, we must see what it is that makes the man in the street opposed to the internal market and how we can link its future with the vision of Europe."@en1

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