Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-08-Speech-3-321"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20050608.22.3-321"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
"Mr President, Commissioner, the Vlasto report contains mature and balanced deliberations that mark a new stage in the debate on Europe’s industrial policy, which is currently in crisis. At the same time, citizens are expressing irrational fears and frustrations, for example in the referenda in France and the Netherlands.
Outsourcing has become a fact of life. Even though ostensible economic justifications are put forward for this phenomenon, there can be no question that it is harmful to society. Whenever we discuss outsourcing, however, we must remember that this term covers a variety of practices, including both outsourcing within the EU, which brings advantages in terms of positive synergy, and outsourcing outside the EU, which brings nothing but disadvantages.
What the EU needs is a homogeneous market in products and services that is highly competitive in global terms and highly innovative. Two types of mechanisms exist for enhancing competitiveness. The first are simple mechanisms that limit the benefits of the so-called European social model, and the second are complex mechanisms based on intellectual and social capital that serve as a foundation for organisational, technological, technical and market innovation.
Europe should follow the examples of Japan and late-1960s Europe by relocalising, or in other words by bringing modern production activities and capital back to the common European market. Such relocalisation is urgently needed in order to protect intellectual property, to help Europe regain its lead in the field of know-how, to create jobs and to enhance the competitiveness of European capital.
All these things are possible, but they are dependent on Europe extricating itself from stagnation and bringing about GDP growth of at least several percentage points. A number of instruments exist that would undoubtedly encourage relocalisation. Contrary to the views of those for whom the proverbial Polish plumber and bricklayer mean nothing but fear and frustration, these include the full liberalisation of commercial services, as advocated by the Polish socialists. They also include the establishment of industrial clusters around centres of innovation and the introduction of the principle that all government purchases should be ‘made in Europe’. An EU directive would need to be drafted on this last point."@en1
|
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples