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"Mr President, if Lisbon taught us anything, it was that strengthening the competitiveness of the European economy, of companies, does not suffice for us to have jobs and social cohesion and to protect the environment. That is why Lisbon laid down these criteria as a separate pillar in its development.
The work programme of the Netherlands Presidency appears to ignore this. It proposes a series of measures to reduce administrative controls of the market, to reduce costs, even hinting at increased working times, but it makes no reference to social viability. In other words, the Netherlands Presidency implies, in a way, that liberalising the market will automatically create jobs. This, however, is precisely the philosophy that Lisbon refutes, which is why it emphasises the rest. Therefore, what we want from the Netherlands Presidency is to hear specific policies on full employment and sustainable developments: simple things.
As far as the financial perspectives are concerned, it is hypocritical of all of us to say that we need cohesion targets and market integration without, at the same time, increasing the budget of own resources. We cannot have it both ways. For us, 1.24% of GDP is the minimum threshold for financing the new European Union.
As far as immigration is concerned, if I understood correctly and did not misunderstand the views of the Netherlands Presidency, you can address it primarily as a police matter and look on immigrants as criminal elements. In other words, you can instigate fear in immigrants, instead of primarily integrating them. However, the emphasis on police work, rather than on integration in the programme is particularly worrying: it is a vicious circle which will bring about racism and crime.
Finally, as far as terrorism is concerned, of course we all know what it is and we all want to combat it, but we cannot have a work programme of a Presidency of the European Union which only talks about police measures and makes no reference to the human rights and personal freedoms which these measures often infringe. We, in Greece, experienced this problem on a daily basis during preparations for the 2004 Olympic Games and we are trying to strike the right balance. The Netherlands Presidency should therefore do likewise and stop focusing solely on policing."@en1
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