Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-02-19-Speech-2-254"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-02-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Lisbon Strategy - Broad Economic Policy Guidelines for 2008-2010 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080219.30.2-254"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-02-19-Speech-2-2552
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Bushill-matthews2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, there are 59 paragraphs in this resolution and therefore many messages. I particularly draw attention to paragraphs 20 and 21 about the importance of small businesses, paragraphs 29 and 30 about competitiveness and the importance of the single market, and paragraphs 42 and 43 about the need to drive labour market reform. In this context, I would particularly highlight the importance of flexibility, not just for employers but also for employees, a concept that the Left consistently fails to understand, hence some of their typically outdated comments today. But I would invite the Commission and the Council to stand back from the detail of this document and look it as a whole. In particular, I invite them to compare it to other resolutions that Parliament has approved in the past, prior to earlier Spring Councils. Then, hopefully, one single message may emerge, namely this: that in many respects, though sadly not all, this resolution is so much more robust than any of its predecessors. It confirms the way in which Parliament wishes the Lisbon Strategy to be pursued; indeed it strongly reinforces it. As a resolution, this one is, literally, very resolute. I therefore urge the Commission and the Council to be equally resolute in their response and to put timidity aside, so that the next time Parliament produces a resolution on this subject, instead of MEPs saying with even greater vigour what still needs to be done, we could be in a position to congratulate all stakeholders on the real and measurable progress that will have been delivered. That is the challenge and that is the central message we are going to give you in our vote tomorrow."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2007-06-06--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with India (2007-06-20--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-03-06--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2007-02-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Philip Bushill-Matthews (PPE-DE ). –"1

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