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"Mr President, as one of the first Members of this House from the new Member States to take the floor, I must begin by saying that it was not because of the new Members that either the Constitutional Treaty or the budget debate have brought about a crisis in the EU. The crisis was generated by the EU-15. I am convinced that the example of the dynamic new Member States, which have implemented colossal changes over recent decades, can revive the often ossified European economy, and bring jobs, growth, a secure, family-oriented and citizen-friendly Europe.
When looking for a way out, let us begin with the unjust and unjustified discrimination that still persists within the Union. Prime Minister, your country is one of the few that has not taken fright at workers from the new Member States. The task is this: throughout Europe, we must immediately clear the obstacles obstructing the new Member States citizens’ freedom to work. Prime Minister, you said that the common agricultural policy is untenable in its present form. But do not forget that farmers in the new Member States now only receive a fraction of what the old Members get. Our task is to reform the common agricultural policy, but let us also begin to eradicate the internal inequalities, and let Polish, Hungarian and Estonian farmers receive the same support that their Austrian, French or British counterparts are entitled to.
Prime Minister Blair and President Barroso, both of you also referred to the need to make Europe competitive. Today, however, it looks as if Europe has baulked at competition. The task that faces us in this regard is to dismantle the barriers to free movement of services, for although services account for the largest share of the European economy, their free movement is a freedom which so far exists only on paper. Let us adopt the Services Directive! Prime Minister, you spoke of Europe’s renewal, and rightly so. Let us begin the process of renewal together, all twenty-five of us, without unjust, artificial and internal discrimination."@en1
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