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"Mr President, President Van Rompuy, Commission Vice-President Šefčovič, the European Council was dominated by the problems in the euro area and the EU 2020 strategy that aims to put Europe back on the path of growth and jobs for our citizens. All the Heads of State or Government agreed to strengthen the European economic governance structure and commit themselves to much stronger coordination of economic policy in Europe. This seems promising. It could even be an historic moment in European integration, but for the time being it is mainly promising. The way this is fleshed out in coming months and years will be key. After all, as far as our citizens in the European Union are concerned, promises do not count. The only things that matter to our citizens are the results.
President Van Rompuy, on behalf of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), I wish to compliment you on your commitment. You have got off to a strong start as the first permanent President of the European Council, and it is you who has the important task of further transforming the European Council into a body with actual political commitment to economic management of the European Union. Therefore, we are looking forward to the results from you and your task force, and we are convinced that your commitment and persistence will make you equal to the task. The urgency is great, and decisiveness and energy are the order of the day. I hereby challenge you to come and discuss the results produced by the task force in this House, too, and to enter into a debate with us in this regard. The scale of the task is great; that is why it is so important that you work together with the European Commission, and also with the European Parliament as the representative of the citizens of the European Union.
We expect you both to fully respect our institutional role and to involve us actively in matters, and not only after the event but also beforehand, in the development of the proposals. For example, the PPE Group is looking forward to the proposals of the European Commission on greater economic coordination in terms of monetary policy. In this regard, our group sets store by a tightening of the budget guidelines in the Stability and Growth Pact and the strengthening of their preventive effect. We also expect the European Commission to play a very active role in the further development of the EU 2020 strategy. We challenge the Commission to make full use of the instruments given to it by the Treaty of Lisbon, particularly in assessing the efforts of the Member States. After all, it is abundantly clear to the PPE Group and other groups in this House that the open method of coordination should give way to binding commitments and a healthy mix of positive incentives and sanctions where necessary, and we expect you both to lose no time in coming forward with convincing proposals.
Finally, on the subject of Greece, our group Chair, Mr Daul, has commended the Council on its decision on a new mechanism for lending Greece a hand if necessary with the involvement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Solidarity and responsibility rightly take centre stage in this plan. Yet the situation is still worrying, and so I wish to reiterate once more that solidarity works both ways. Greece will have to abide by its agreements by actually implementing the reform plans. Can Greece restore confidence on the financial markets? This will be crucial to resolving the crisis."@en1
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