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"Mr President, President of the European Council, I have two messages: one of concern, and one of demanding encouragement for the work that lies ahead. Concern over the inadequate nature of the response and that it be genuinely European in scale; concern about the involvement of the International Monetary Fund and the recourse to bilateral loans. Concern that the response has not been effective enough, with the short-term effect that the Greek debt has increased. Also, however, concern for the lack of understanding of the fundamental problem, which we here in Parliament have underlined. Moreover, the Greek problem is a problem for the euro area and, by extension, the entire European Union: the deficit and, consequently, the debt have rocketed as a consequence of the financial rescue plans, which have been extremely expensive. Therefore, austerity must not put at risk either the investment necessary for economic recovery or the financing of essential reforms. That is why the second message is of demanding encouragement: because the essential reforms must go hand in hand with a strategy whose importance must not, clearly, diminish in the eyes of Europeans. Let us, therefore, place the emphasis on renewing the European model that is so important to us: education, yes, and the knowledge society. In addition, however, a commitment to high-quality employment and, above all, egalitarian employment that will better prepare us to face the future, without neglecting the fight against poverty. That is why I am calling on you, Mr President of the European Council, to make a commitment that the Council and the Commission will be ambitious in the 2020 strategy – in which this House must also be involved – and measure up to their responsibilities, because it is clear, whatever the case, that Parliament will measure up to its responsibility to the European public, which looks to us."@en1
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