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"Mr President, I wish to begin by thanking the two rapporteurs and, in particular, Mrs Mato Adrover for her constructive cooperation in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs under quite difficult conditions.
Allow me firstly to say how helpful I think it is that we have integrated guidelines, because employment policy and economic policy are, in fact, integrated. We must also – and this is a factor contributed in our proposals – ensure sustainable development: economic, social and environmental.
The situation in Europe is not bright at the moment. Growth is too low and unemployment too high. When it comes to economic policy, I personally think that we should concentrate more on growth-promoting measures everywhere in Europe in order to get growth under way. Stabilisation policy is important, and this is an area in which we have succeeded beyond our expectations. We should now, however, concentrate more upon measures to promote growth.
We are encountering increased competition in the world. The question is one of how we are to cope with it. Are we to compete against China and India in terms of poorer working conditions and lower wages? The answer is no. We must cope with increased competition through research and development and better job opportunities and through investing in the labour force by developing its skills. We shall see instances of restructuring. We have seen them before and we shall see them again. How we implement them is important. It is also important to have companies accept their social responsibility and to involve the employees, have them participate and not place them outside the process. If we do not do so, we shall see more demonstrations on the streets. The fact of employees participating in the process also leads to better restructuring. We must create a labour market in which working life and parenthood can be combined. This means that we cannot have unduly long working times, or rules at European level that permit working times of any length, as that is unfair to one gender. We must create conditions in the labour market whereby both men and women can participate in it. Finally: unfairly treated groups. We must make greater efforts in connection with people who come as refugees to Europe and who are often placed outside the labour market, as well as in connection with disabled people and others so that they too can participate in the labour market to a significantly greater degree."@en1
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