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dcterms:Date	"2005-05-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Economy, Employment, Social Policy2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050526.4.4-016"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-26-Speech-4-0172
lpv:speaker	lp:José Albino Silva Peneda2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-10-12--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Coligaçao Força Portugal (PPD/PSD.CDS-PP) (2004-07-20--2007-11-22)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-10-12--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we should like to speak about employment. Jobs cannot be created without businesses and businesses cannot come into being without entrepreneurs – people with the spirit of initiative and a taste for taking on risk. Capacity for initiative depends on a number of factors: such as macro-economic stability, good governance and, most importantly, fostering a widespread entrepreneurial culture that relies on confidence in policies and institutions. Confidence, however, is not something that we can lay down in legislation. Only those at the top table of decision-making can acquire high levels of confidence in the knowledge-based society. This will certainly apply to large financial groups and businesses, but small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which account for over 90% of all European businesses and which employ two thirds of all workers, are placed at a clear disadvantage and will only be able to gain in confidence if they increase in size. This will depend on the extent to which they are encouraged to collaborate with universities and centres of excellence in a spirit of active cooperation. Those regions that prove to be political driving forces will be able to play the vital role of fostering cooperation of that nature. In so doing they will spread confidence, which is the key ingredient in raising investment and in creating jobs. I therefore say that creating more jobs in Europe will depend largely on what happens in the regions. Those who turn a blind eye to the fact that Europe’s future lies with the regions and with the SMEs are the same people who call for a reduction in resources for cohesion policies, those proponents of the famous charter calling for a 1% of GDP ceiling in Member States’ contributions to the financial perspective. Let no one be in any doubt: if we go down that route there will be neither economic growth nor more jobs in Europe."@en1

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