Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-02-24-Speech-3-052"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-02-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU 2020 - Follow-up of the informal European Council of 11 February 2010 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100224.13.3-052"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Lena Ek2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the aim of EU 2020 should be to free the potential of the European citizen. All too often we forget that our strategies for growth are put in place for the benefit of our citizens and the future of our children. There is no doubt that the Lisbon Strategy failed when it attempted to include everything. With such a broad agenda, the focus was lost and so were the possibilities to achieve the ambitious goals that were set. For the 2020 strategy to be more effective, the format needs to be changed into something completely different. The work should be targeted at the few specific areas where the fundamentals of sustainable growth should be addressed. As the only directly elected body of the EU, and with full codecision powers in place, this Parliament will have its say in the 2020 strategy. In order to ensure legitimacy and openness, the Commission and the Council will therefore be wise to include Parliament in the ongoing work of the 2020 strategy. Just as openness and transparency are essential for the creation of a citizen’s Europe, they are also key instruments in avoiding crises in public finances such as those currently hitting countries across the Union. Everyone is pointing their fingers at Greece but there are also other Member States that have avoided benchmarking, deceived Europe about their deficits and cheated with their financial statistics. The method of open coordination has turned into a closed collusion and open humiliation. Remember, what is true for citizens is also true for governments. Freedoms also bring responsibilities. It is now time for governments across Europe to take that responsibility seriously because the problems we face are serious."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AGRI (2009-07-16--2011-09-28)3 substitute; FEMM (2009-07-16--2011-09-28)3 member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2011-09-28)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2011-09-28)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-17--2011-09-28)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2011-09-28)3 unknown; Centerpartiet (2009-07-14--2011-09-28)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Lena Ek (ALDE )."1
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