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"I would like to make two remarks. The first may appear to be technical in nature, but in fact is more than that, and the second point goes to the substance of the matter. I see from the review that the employment directives are an integral part of the 2020 strategy, which the Council is seeking to adopt in June. This seems patently impossible, however, since we have not even received the draft text. They promised it will be ready by the end of April. Even at the pace of a forced march, Parliament will not be able to render its opinion until September at the earliest. How could a June adoption be possible? Or – a different question – how will Parliament’s stance be taken into account in that case? So, although we are ready to cooperate here and would like to work together, for that to happen, the rules that are binding on Parliament also need to be taken into consideration. As regards the substantive parts, it is to be welcomed that the Council seeks to promulgate the directives on employment and the economy in a closer reciprocal relationship, but as I say, if this is to happen, we should be able to start working with the Council. In any event, the ideas seem too general for the moment. The 75% employment level is nice enough, as are the ‘20/20/20’ targets with regard to climate change, and the 10% and 40% objective regarding education, but how, with what and from what will these targets be met, and what about supervision, what will happen to those who do not meet these targets, and what about those who meet them only on paper, in other words, who do not submit accurate figures? We have experienced such things with regard to the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy. Finally, I wish to express my delight that the cohesion policy will at last be put forward as well, as an important area linked to the 2020 strategy. I would have one suggestion in this regard, however: in any event, quantitative objectives ought to be set – as this was indicated in relation to the fight against poverty – and some sort of index should be developed in order to enable us to track progress or, for that matter, delays."@en1
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