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"Madam President, Mr Tajani, ladies and gentlemen, Europe is at a turning point and this crisis could lead to situations that would imply the dissolution of the biggest political and institutional project of the tragic century that was the 20th century or, alternatively. a decisive step forward in the process of integration.
It is worrying, therefore, to see governments asking to reduce Europe’s financial perspective or acting against the idea of amending the Treaty to strengthen the euro; it is worrying to see all these initiatives that do not aim to help the real economy but the financial economy – the dream of so many irresponsible people who continue to travel back and forth across Europe.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) also have to play their part in tackling new markets, offering new products, adapting to the whims of the global market, bolstering their capitalisation, investing in research and innovation and showing – as they already are – that in this changing world, nobody can reserve the role of bank of the world for themselves while making others function as their workshop.
We are heading towards a world in which today’s emerging big players are capable of being both bank and workshop and will have to face the challenges – including social and environmental challenges – that this world will deliver to them and will also affect us. Our competitiveness, our ability to grow and simultaneously ring-fence employment and security largely depends on our SMEs’ ability to adapt.
SMEs have much to gain from a new commercial policy, but to do so they must be strengthened, they must present themselves as consortia on world markets, and they must know how to work together to crack open new markets and meet growing demand, including in sectors that require the huge volumes which we have not been able to provide in the past. They must be supported when they have to defend themselves before the courts of third countries because their patents and trademarks are being violated.
Europe and its Member States have certainly done a great deal, but the fragmentation of skills and the random distribution of resources in many countries has so far prevented SMEs from working effectively on an international scale, in particular – I would reiterate – when faced with the enterprise shown by our big global competitors. This is what we need to focus our attention and commitment on."@en1
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