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"We now come to the next section of Question Time, with questions to Commissioner Špidla, whom I bid welcome. Questions Nos 43 to 45 will be answered in writing. Question No 46 by Lambert van Nistelrooij () The ageing of the population and the demographic change it brings with it are regarded as a threat to the labour market and the EU 'knowledge-based economy', its Member States and regions. However, it can be seen as an opportunity for new jobs in a growing market with new products and services which improve quality of life for older people, for economic growth and for improving Europe's competitiveness. This is the approach of the so-called 'silver economy'. Recent calculations for Germany have shown that a proactive response to the needs and interests of the sometimes increasingly rich elderly could lead to 900 000 new jobs in the next two decades. There are no other sectors or businesses with a higher growth potential. Until now the chances that the challenge of the ageing population brings with it have not been clearly set out horizontally in the Commission communications on 'Demographic future of Europe' (final), 'European values in the globalised world' (final), the Green Paper 'Confronting demographic change' and the major Lisbon-oriented policy programmes such as the Structural Funds, the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development and the Competition and Innovation Framework Programme. An exception is the Commission's Innovative Actions, ‘Ambient Assisted Living’, the i2010 initiative and its eAccessibility communication, now part of the eInclusion programme in the third pillar of ‘i2010’. What does the Commission intend to do to encourage Member States and regions to take on board as a horizontal policy the ‘silver economy’ concept in its 2007 and beyond innovation driven Lisbon reform programmes? Will the Commission envisage to coordinate policy making in the different 'silver economy' issues?"@en1
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