Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-03-11-Speech-2-049"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-03-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Annual policy strategy 2009 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080311.7.2-049"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-03-11-Speech-2-0512
lpv:speaker	lp:Małgorzata Handzlik2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"I read the Commission’s annual policy strategy for 2009 with great care. In view of the fact that problems concerning small and medium-sized enterprises and the economic context of integration are of particular interest to me, I shall take the liberty of referring to several important points that are contained in the strategy. We need to look at the European SME sector from a different angle. We must give it back its priority significance and open up the development potential due to it. In the document in question I was very pleased to read that the Commission is continuing to prioritise the removal of unnecessary barriers that hold back the development of SMEs. It also considers it important to undertake to continue work on the European Charter for Small Enterprises, through which I hope we shall learn to think first and foremost along the lines of what would benefit these smallest units before we seek to fit them into the global context. It is very important to promote and support an innovation strategy, and to show due appreciation for the need for cooperation between scientific centres and businesses. The section in which the document talks of the priority role of the Union’s citizens, treated as consumers, is of equal importance. There is a clear need for improvement in the way we inform and communicate with the public. When I talk to voters I notice a general lack of knowledge among them about how the Union functions and about the benefits that all citizens derive from it. It is important to send out a clear message to citizens on the matters they hold dear; the European Union must become an entity that our citizens feel is close to them, friendly and easy to understand, be they consumers, business people or both."@en1

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