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"Mr President, it is very important that Parliament should have the opportunity to hold a debate on strategy. 2007 will be a crucial year for the future of the European Union. In order for a strategic debate to take place in Parliament, choices need to be put to the House. The President of the Commission has not explained the choices open to the Commission, even though politics is the art of choice.
In first place is the constitutional question. Does the European Commission believe that the Constitution will be adopted in 2007, and does it have the opportunities and methods necessary to achieve this?
In second place is the important issue of employment. Is the answer to unemployment economic growth and reliance on economic freedom and the free movement of labour? If not, why not return to Colbert and economic protectionism, which was once called economic patriotism?
In third place, the issue of the Lisbon Strategy is a key problem for the future of the European Union. The matter has been reduced to rhetoric, as on the one hand we claim that the future of the European Union depends on the Lisbon Strategy, while on the other hand, when deciding on the budget and on budget cuts, the first cuts are made to scientific research and the education system. The European Union has the ability to make Europe a place of innovation and a global partner, but to do this it needs a strategy.
It is my belief that today’s debate is evidence of the importance of Parliament, and it would be a good idea if all the other European institutions took Parliament seriously."@en1
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