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"I welcome that during the European Council meeting held on 25 and 26 March the EU made a firm commitment for the first time to increase energy efficiency by 20% by 2020, while also reaffirming its commitment to cut polluting emissions by 20%, compared with the 1990 level. The biggest challenge the EU is currently facing is the dramatic rise in unemployment. In February it reached a rate of 10%, taking the number of unemployed above 23 million, marking a rise of 3.1 million compared with February 2009. The economic crisis has hit both the public and private sectors, with thousands of European companies going into liquidation and millions of employees losing their jobs. The fall in the number of employees and companies has a powerful impact on the budgets allocated for public expenditure, as well as on European citizens’ quality of life. Nevertheless, the EU must set out the course of action for its development and provide the necessary funding. The European Union must invest in education, research and in an ambitious, sustainable industrial policy, enabling it to remain competitive globally. The EU also needs to invest in health care, agriculture, and transport and energy infrastructures. I call on the Commission to table a legislative initiative for setting up a European fund for developing the transport infrastructure."@en1
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