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"Madam President, I welcome these new proposals. We are now living through times of crisis. We see huge job losses across the EU.
Today the latest unemployment figures were announced in Ireland. The rate now stands at 11% – up from 5.4% only a year ago – more than a doubling of the rate in real terms. These figures are shocking and frightening. However, faced with this bleak vista, we must seek to find creative solutions to give those unemployed the skills, the prospects and the hope for a better future.
The European Social Fund (ESF), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund can play a crucial role in this. By targeting this funding, we can retool our economies to drive out of recession. It behoves us all – as MEPs and as citizens – to bring this to the attention of the public, who are so fearful right now. It behoves us all to drive this message home to our national governments: that this funding be matched and deployed as quickly and efficiently as possible. I also welcome the reduction in the paperwork. It is a step in the right direction."@en1
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