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"Mr President, Commissioner, there is a lack of growth in Europe, and I now see that even the OECD’s economic managers are saying the same thing clearly and unambiguously. Anyone who concerns themselves seriously with Europe from an economic point of view can see this. In reality, Europe is not so badly placed when it comes to our export markets. We are the region of the world that, in terms of exports, has acquitted itself better than the United States and Japan in recent years. I am not saying that this is good enough. What I am, however, saying is that this is not the most important problem, and I am saying that the most important problem right now is that there is insufficient growth in Europe’s internal economy or internal market. Moreover, such growth does not come about of its own accord. It does not come about through reforms that do not go all the way and that do not have the confidence and support of our populations. Such growth only comes about through a combination of modern reforms that, instead of causing countries to compete in reducing social benefits, is couched in human terms and takes the form of a more modern and socially active labour market policy, combined with coordinated investments.
You have presented a sound economic programme, Commissioner Almunia. I am able to assent to everything contained in it. All I should like to say is that I should very much like to see an additional dimension. What I should dearly like to hear come out of the economic guidelines is a constructive message to all the Member States, saying ‘let us now, together and in each individual country, invest in the Lisbon Objectives over the next three or four years, and let us do so at one and the same time’, for doing so simultaneously would be Europe’s secret weapon. In that way, we could make use of our economic independence from one another and combine social protection with economic competitiveness and sound growth. That is something that we in the Nordic countries have demonstrated and that we can extend throughout Europe."@en1
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