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Madam President, as draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, my conviction led me to place the emphasis of my contribution on the 20 million or so small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that make up 98% of European businesses and that account for 70 million jobs. Many of these SMEs are the driving force behind innovation.
SMEs also represent an invaluable asset that should not be neglected, as they offer a resource that is scarce and that Europe’s economy most needs, namely entrepreneurship, which is often practised in distinctly unfavourable conditions. I have put the case for simplifying the procedures. This is a crucial point given that in Europe there are 18 million businesses employing fewer than 10 people. These businesses have a great deal of difficulty in accessing information of this nature.
With Parliament’s proposal aimed at creating a user’s manual, which will hopefully be adopted tomorrow, SMEs will have a clearer, simpler and more transparent framework on the rules of this programme. The members of the committee therefore voted in favour of this proposal."@en1
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