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"Mr President, Mr Barroso, a moment ago, the President of our party, Mr Schulz, presented the vision and a list of practical proposals, and I should like today, as President of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament during your Presidency, to propose ten practical points to you.
Firstly, and as you yourself said, Europe needs the Lisbon strategy to become a reality. It must be practical, and it must be focused. We propose to you a five-year programme in which Europe’s development of the Lisbon strategy is placed within a time frame as specific as the one devised when we duly created the internal market in 1992. Secondly, we need a new European multiannual growth strategy with stronger coordination of the national governments’ public investment programmes. By doing things simultaneously, we achieve a far greater impact. Thirdly, we need a Commission proposal that can strengthen companies’ social responsibility, especially in the light of outsourcing and the major problems involved in European conversion. Fourthly, we need to strengthen gender equality in the work place. Fifthly, we need to double the sustainable energy objectives for 2020 from 6 % to 12%. If we act single-mindedly, we can actually do this. Sixthly, we need the Commission’s programme genuinely to give higher priority to research, development and training within the financial estimates. Seventhly, we need a European Agency for Fundamental Rights. Eighthly, we need a charter for services of general interest that can establish the principles governing citizens’ rights in the modern welfare state. Ninthly, Mr Barroso, we need a list of common principles governing ‘best practice’ when it comes to the exchange of information about the integration of immigrants into our society. Tenthly, and finally, we need, as you yourself said, to show more solidarity. We need the Commission to present an ambitious plan to the European Council by June 2005 to increase EU aid to developing countries, a plan to ensure that, in 2009, we make an overall contribution of 0.5% of GDP and that we establish a ‘road map’ to achieve 0.7% in 2015.
Mr Barroso, I have very quickly mentioned a number of the important points I believe are fundamental to the success of the Commission’s work. We need good speakers, but we also need practical action. When I listen to your contribution in this House today, I see that such ambition is present. We shall assess your work on the basis of the practical action taken. I look forward to sensible cooperation in people’s best interests."@en1
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