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"Mr President, Mr Jouyet, President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, the European Council next week will mainly be examining the response to the current economic crisis, and I should first like to pay tribute to the work of the European Commission. Since the start of the financial crisis, it has presented a large number of documents aimed at reforming the global financial architecture. The recovery plan presented last week, which we welcome, is in addition to all these measures and represents a suitable tool for responding to our current difficulties.
This crisis is showing us once more: Europe must be capable of making decisions more effectively and more democratically. Finally, I should like to thank the Commission for the Eastern Partnership project, which it is going to propose to the Council.
Like the Commission, we think that recovery plans must be implemented as quickly as possible, and like the Commission, we think that the coordination of these recovery measures is the key to success. The economy and social cohesion in our countries constitute a fundamental priority. Moreover, in order to solve our problems in the long term, we have to demonstrate both determination and an attitude of responsibility. The Commission’s proposals, aimed at bringing together all the political levers available at European and national levels to combat this crisis represents an excellent approach.
Our priority must be to do everything we can to prevent a downward spiral into recession. We must restore consumer confidence because only that can rapidly alter the situation. I am very sad that some political groups do not share this approach and intend to exploit the crisis and try to gain political advantage. The aim of the centre-right, our aim, is not to spout slogans but to restore stability, growth and jobs, full stop.
Our aim is also to show Europeans what must be defended at all costs: our model of the social market economy, which is the envy of the world and for which we must fight, because it alone can ensure and guarantee our social cohesion. If I were a capitalist, everybody would know it!
Faced with a crisis which demands urgent, realistic and pragmatic measures, some people prefer to accuse the opposition in order to hide their own sins. We are very well aware of the seriousness of this crisis but we also are aware of our duty to take action on the basis of our values and our pragmatic ways of doing things, to find the correct balance between the short and long term.
The measures that have become necessary as a result of our current problems must not jeopardise our future. This is why we support the Commission’s approach, which places its action within the framework of the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs. Indeed, this strategy is the best guarantee of preserving our social model; any other strategy would be irresponsible. However, adopting the recovery measures does not mean Member States can renege on the structural reforms essential for the adjustment of their economies.
Ladies and gentlemen, the European Council will also be largely devoted to the climate and energy package, which the French Presidency has quite rightly made one of its key priorities. Negotiations are still continuing on the majority of the documents in the package and I call on all those involved in the negotiations to do everything in their power to reach a satisfactory agreement.
Global warming is a reality that neither the financial crisis nor the current economic crisis has changed. The European Union must show the way to its world partners by adopting a responsible political attitude appropriate for the current situation. Its battle against climate change must continue, however.
The fact that progress has been made on one of the documents in the climate and energy package is a very positive sign, and evidence that there is a real desire to move forward on these texts, which I welcome. I pay tribute to the determination of the French Presidency, which has spared no effort in reaching an agreement. I should also like to express my wish that our Irish friends propose a road map to the European Council that is at once realistic and ambitious and provides a timetable for ending the institutional impasse."@en1
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