Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-07-04-Speech-2-248"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Reino Paasilinna2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 member; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, thanks go to the rapporteur for an excellent report, which we support. Do we really want to become the leading knowledge-based economy in Europe and indeed the world, or do we prefer to try and get by by staying with the old ways, with the help of subsidies? That is the question. Even the old industrial sectors can thrive and be competitive if there is financial support for their modernisation. For example, training and innovation can help procure a good workforce for the future. Nokia is a good example. Did you know that many years ago Nokia was a well-known manufacturer of shoes and boots? It is a long way from shoes and boots to the mobile phone. In the accelerating and ever more fiercely competitive global economy, European competitiveness can only be maintained by investing in research, development and innovation. We are all agreed on that, but it just is not happening. However, competitiveness has also been sustained through untenable means, such as mass layoffs and sudden moves in production. It is as if we had come to a lake and fished it empty and then moved on to another lake and fished that one empty as well. This sort of European overfishing cannot be thought of as a wise move. Employees in companies are flexible, and in many countries very flexible indeed, but the lack of any protection in non-manual work acts as a brake in an innovative society. Job satisfaction and employees’ ability to cope are important, and they can help to ensure that we have an effective and lasting workforce. According to the latest report by Eurofound, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, job-related stress has increased, and it has done so continuously in recent years. The result is absenteeism though illness, a drop in work efficiency and even people allowing themselves to be excluded from the job market. Especially worrying is the fact that the demands of work have grown, especially in the female-dominated sectors. If the Chinese work themselves to death, we should at least work with a smile."@en1

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