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"Mr President, I have quite a broad approach to the notion of economic governance. In 1991, during the Intergovernmental Conference on Economic and Monetary Union, I argued in favour of economic governance, and I am very happy that a type of ecumenism – which, at the time, could not be hammered out – has now seen the light of day. However, I do wonder about the exact content of this expression depending on who uses it. We would firstly need to agree on the exact content of this notion which, in my eyes, must have a large scope, ranging from financial, budgetary, economic and other policies to social policies, because those who talk of government are also talking about social policy. When we talk about government, we are not just talking about economics, budget and finances; we are also talking about Europe’s social dimension.
I am a supporter of an institutional system even if, nowadays, it is more about intergovernance than Community; I am in favour of a system which gives credence to the European Commission. Everything is not possible with the Commission but nothing is possible without it. The Commission should not systematically be eliminated from our way of working, deliberating and deciding. Would I even go so far as to say that the Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs should chair the Eurogroup? I wonder. The one who proposes cannot be the one who presides over decision making. I think, however, that it is totally the right thing to strengthen the role of the Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs within the Commission itself by giving him or her the powers currently held by the Commissioner for Competition.
The Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs must not be bound by the consensus-seeking constraints of the Commission."@en1
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