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"Gross domestic product is the best known measure worldwide. It has come to take on the role of a comprehensive indicator for overall societal development and progress in general, but does not take into account or measure environmental sustainability or social integration. There is a need for improved data and indicators to complement GDP, or else it will not provide a reliable basis for policy debate.
This issue has already been discussed in prior years and particularly in 2007, when the European Parliament and the Commission, together with various bodies and associations, held a conference entitled ‘Beyond GDP’. At this conference, the Commission considered that GDP is not a suitable long-term measurement system, just as economic and social progress are not sufficient to assess issues such as climate change, resource efficiency or personal well-being. New indicators were subsequently proposed for measuring progress in the achievement of social, economic and environmental objectives. For the above reasons, and in order to be able to develop a clear and comprehensive set of indicators that are, at the same time, consistent, relevant and objectively measurable, I voted for the motion being discussed."@en1
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