Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-03-09-Speech-1-133"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-03-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statute for a European private company - Cross-borders transfers of companies' registered offices - Small Business Act - Workers' participation in companies with a European Statute (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090309.18.1-133"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-03-09-Speech-1-1342
lpv:speaker	lp:Jorgo Chatzimarkakis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Freie Demokratische Partei - Die Liberalen (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2007-02-12--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, small and medium-sized enterprises have never been as important as they are today. SMEs are particularly important against the background of the economic and financial crisis, which was caused by the large rather than the small enterprises. SMEs are important because they too will soon be suffering, yet they are responsible for much of our economic performance. In the country I know best, SMEs account for 20% of all patents, 40% of all gross investment, 49% of total turnover, 70% of all workers and 80% of all trainees. What is needed now is a rethink. We must press the large reset button, as it were. We must promote entrepreneurial mindsets – this is what the Small Business Act stands for. I should like to congratulate Mrs Herczog on this report. It is indeed important that we now describe and regard SMEs as a cross-section, that we rethink support measures, that we give precedence to small enterprises in public tenders (‘Think Small First’) and that we prevent public authorities from intervening in competition. I congratulate you, therefore; what are needed now are tax cuts for labour-intensive sectors."@en1
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