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"Madam President, in the light of the shortcomings that have characterised the Lisbon Process, it should be stressed that the most important issues here are not about what we want to achieve, but about how we can achieve it. It is not a question of others being better in various areas, but of why they are better. We may take particular pride in the social model, but we are still seeing unemployment, exclusion, stagnation and conflict. We also have to ask ourselves why, and what decisions we must take to change this state of affairs. What Mrs Doyle just said is correct. In each area in which our actions hinder competition, the result is a deterioration in competitiveness. Those who are currently fighting the Services Directive with its free and open market for services are actually opposing new jobs and European growth in the future. There is no conflict between the internal market and people’s social security, since nothing is as crucial for social security as a job and an income. There is nothing so crucial to social cohesion as opportunities for new businesses and new jobs. The most important integration process in the European Union is happening right now while we are sitting here. It concerns a flow of people, goods and services that is taking knowledge and ideas across borders. We must therefore ask ourselves whether, in this process, we want to make it possible for every single Member State to exploit its particular competitive advantages. The old Member States have had the advantage of developing their social economies and their competitiveness in peace and freedom for over fifty years. During that time, the new Member States were suffering oppression and poverty. The internal market must be characterised by everyone’s being able to exploit their competitiveness. The Commission has a duty to realise and emphasise that what we are concerned with here are solidarity, integration and opportunities for all to create prosperity. That is why the Services Directive is important, and that is why it is important to remember that it is a question here of a European integration that is vital to competitiveness. This is something we must implement."@en1

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