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"Mr President, I will begin by saying that, in innumerable areas, the report contains congenial positions, and there is no doubt that it is incredibly well intentioned. However, the problem with it, of course, is that it completely skates over what are the real problems in the European economy, and I am puzzled that no questions at all are asked as to why things are really going so badly. Why does the United States have, on average, a 40.5% higher gross national product per inhabitant than we have in even the richest part of the EU - 15?
The answer is very clear. The European economy is moving too slowly because we engage too little in research and development. We do not work for very many years of our lives. Only 63% of all people of working age are in the labour market. We do not work for very many hours per week and do so using antiquated technology. It is no good sharing out poverty, as this report proposes we do. The thing is, to increase growth so that there is enough for distribution to everyone.
Try looking at the figures for my own country, Denmark, and you will see that it has succeeded both in implementing a socially aware policy and in creating growth."@en1
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