Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-03-09-Speech-3-041"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-03-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Mid-term review of the Lisbon strategy (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050309.5.3-041"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-03-09-Speech-3-0422
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3 member; LIBE (2004-09-14--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-11-18--2006-12-12)3 vice-chair; ENVI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 treasurer; IND/DEM (2004-07-26--2007-02-12)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the forthcoming spring summit is being overshadowed by what the referendums on the European Constitution might bring in the coming months. That is detrimental to good decision-making on economic reforms. Alongside this, decision-making at the coming summit is also fed by the fear that the welfare state might be affected. That much has become clear since the autumn summit when Mr Kok’s report was discussed here. I would, however, like to urge you to take a different look at economic reforms. Is it socially acceptable for people at 58 to be taken out of the labour market? Is it socially acceptable to saddle young people today with the burden of our system that has become unaffordable, while they themselves will never be able to enjoy the benefits? I would therefore call on the Commission, together with the Member States, to work on the necessary structural reforms. Growth is needed to maintain Europe’s social model, which, at the same time, needs to be reformed. Whoever claims today that structural reforms are unnecessary is a dangerous demagogue."@en1

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