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"Madam President, the most important task facing European politicians in the years ahead is to safeguard employment and welfare. We have some good years behind us, but we are now seeing unemployment increasing at a rapid rate. I share the Commission’s opinion on the need for coordinated efforts and for linking the short-term commitments and efforts with the long-term commitments. I also support Mr Rasmussen’s proposal for clear goals in order to maintain employment.
Where short-term efforts are concerned, it is important that consumers have confidence in the economy. Above all, we must protect those who are worst placed and their consumption.
As far as the more long-term solutions are concerned, it is important not only to bring forward investments that would have been made anyway in a more environmentally sound infrastructure and environmentally sound building, but also those which develop the skills of wage-earners, so that we are in a strong position in the future. We must combine our instruments at European level with coordinated efforts in the Member States. We must not do as some suggest – namely do too little – because we then risk having not just higher budget deficits, but also higher unemployment and poorer welfare. We must act quickly and with sufficient force."@en1
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