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"Mr President, Article 4 TFEU lists the competences shared between the Union and the Member States. After the internal market, social policy is the next on the list, followed by economic, social and territorial cohesion. That gives an indication of the priorities in the treaty.
Following on from that, Article 9 clearly states that in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union should take account of requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health. This issue is highlighted in Article 10 of our resolution on the future of the Social Fund and is, to me, of crucial importance.
That gives us our framework. I agree with many of the speakers who have argued that we need a framework to establish synergies between all European policies and the Structural Funds. Indeed, these must act as drivers that will help us to achieve the EU 2020 targets.
I also agree with Commissioner Andor when he says that EU citizens expect results based delivery systems. There is also a strong argument for greater visibility of these funds, and an urgent need for simplification.
I regularly speak to voluntary, community, and other groups who access these funds. They have serious issues with the levels of bureaucracy and red tape that confront them. But it is not just that usual red tape: there is also uncertainty over interpretation of the rules and regulations.
We have discussed this issue of simplification again and again in committee and in plenary, and yet nothing has changed for the better. In connection with rules and regulations, a colleague recently asked me why there is an insistence on ‘pouring sand into every moving part’. Given that context, this issue really needs to be dealt with. Perhaps we can begin to get it right this time.
Finally, I would once again like to emphasise and ensure that Article 9, or the ‘social clause’, permeates all our policy decisions, because that really will lead to cohesion in the EU."@en1
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