Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-07-21-Speech-3-133"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-07-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by the President-designate of the Commission2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040721.6.3-133"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-07-21-Speech-3-1342
lpv:speaker	lp:Gary Titley2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, as I believe most speakers agree, following the European elections Europe is on trial. We have to prove ourselves worthy of our citizens' support. We will not do that by talking endlessly about process or by having obscure institutional debates, nor by flowery speeches on the meaning of 'Europe'. Now that we have agreement on a Constitutional Treaty, we have to focus on what Europe does rather than how Europe does it. We have to show how Europe can benefit all our citizens, so I want to see a President of the Commission who is a man of action, not a man of words or fine speeches. The most important priority - and I recognise your commitment to that, Mr Barroso - has to be jobs. We must implement the recommendations of Mr Wim Kok. We must have incentives to create jobs. We must have policies that make work pay and we must spend money on training and retraining our workers, not on simply keeping them out of work. We must incorporate the most marginal into society. Europe needs all its citizens if it is to prosper. We have to invest in our people because we cannot have economic efficiency without social justice. We must also maintain the requirement to ensure that European laws are properly enforced across all Member States. In the last Commission, Commissioner Kinnock did an excellent job on reforming the procedures of the Commission. I would hope that if you are selected as President, Mr Barroso, you will ensure that his work is continued and finished so that we have a modern, accountable Commission that guarantees that we have proper probity at all levels."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Labour Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Titley (PSE )."1

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