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"Mr President, I would like to thank the various speakers who, during the course of this debate, on the one hand have lent their support to the Small Business Act and on the other hand have insisted on rigorous and compulsory monitoring. I am also keen to reassure those who have spoken of making sure that the financial aid is well targeted towards small and medium-sized enterprises: the European Investment Bank aid will indeed be earmarked.
Rest assured that as far as the European Council is concerned, the ministers shall convey this message to the Heads of State or Government, and that we, as the Presidency, shall argue for the most stringent application possible. We shall do our utmost to ensure that the Small Business Act and its action plan enjoy the clearest possible political support at the highest level. As Mr Toubon has said, care must be taken to make sure that the specific measures and simplification methods do not result in a weakening of guarantees with respect to small and medium-sized enterprises. I see this as important.
Finally, a nod to Mrs Wortmann: I would like to say to her that I am particularly aware of the support we must give to women’s enterprise; I am reminded of it every evening, apart from this evening, because my wife also runs a small business. I am therefore very conscious of this and you can count on the Presidency and on myself to ensure that your words will be followed by action, without, of course, there being the slightest conflict of interests, I say that before you all.
I would like to extend my warmest thanks to Mr Verheugen and to everyone at the Commission for all they have done – we have worked well together during this presidency for the good of small and medium-sized enterprises – to thank you for taking part in this debate, as well as Mrs Fontaine for the question she raised and to say once again that the European Parliament will be instrumental to this process and its follow-up."@en1
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