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"Mr President, this is an important debate. The emphasis the Commission places on creating prosperity in Europe is welcome and overdue. Central to success will be the outcome of the Lisbon Strategy – a review which will be discussed at the Spring European Council – and the language used on competitiveness, entrepreneurship, research, growth and jobs is more robust than under the last Commission. Mr Barroso, I believe that you are personally committed to genuine economic reform in Europe. Your record as Prime Minister of Portugal demonstrates you were interested in results, not simply rhetoric.
I remain cautious about the potential of both the Commission and certain Member States in terms of the need for effective and tough reform of Europe’s economies. The revised Lisbon Strategy must not be weighed down with political correctness, as in the past. Much has now changed – enlargement of the European Union has brought in countries which are strongly committed to flexible labour markets, to competitive taxation policies and the development of free trade. In addition, we face the major challenges of competing not just with the United States, but with the emerging giants in China and India. Europe simply cannot go on talking about reform to meet these challenges; it must now deliver.
I welcome the emphasis on Member States applying EU legislation in their own countries. In the United Kingdom we have sometimes had a tendency to enforce legislation over-enthusiastically, while other Member States have a tendency at times to minimise the effects of the legislation they do not like. That is, of course, unacceptable. We must deliver less regulation, whether in the economic sphere or elsewhere. Previous Commissions talked about this. This Commission must deliver and we must make matters simpler – simpler for the people to understand and simpler to implement.
We will judge this Commission partly on its effectiveness in creating the environment for real reform, its commitment to less and better regulation and its determination to ensure that taxpayers’ money is used efficiently, while fraud and mismanagement are tackled with great vigour."@en1
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