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"Thank you not only for the question but also for the encouragement that we should stay open. Politically I think Europe is a synonym of openness. If that is true, then we usually tend to solve problems. If we close, if we isolate ourselves, then problems usually get even bigger in time. On internal decisions and the opening of the labour market, this is, of course, the right of Member States. The Commission has always argued in favour of openness or at least gradual opening rather than moratoria. The report on the second anniversary of enlargement showed that those that opened their markets benefited, which confirms that until now integration in Europe has proved to be a win-win situation. Of course it must be carried out under certain rules and criteria and, if that is the case, then benefits will continue to be gained by those who are more open.
On qualifications and integration, one of the important contributions will come this month from the Commission. Last night there was a debate in this House on a European qualifications framework, which should create the basic matrix for comparison and transfer of qualifications between different autonomous national qualification systems or qualification frameworks. In this sense the value of the qualifications will be higher because we will make them more readable and transferable and we will empower people to use them more properly. This is one of the most important legal and political answers in order to turn our people in the same Union into citizens more than tourists."@en1
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