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"Mr President, I just want to say that I fully support this resolution and, in particular, the call by Parliament to continue the EGF beyond the current MFF. I think this is a clear signal from Parliament of both the need for the fund and the value of the fund, and I certainly hope that the Council is listening carefully to what we are saying. Yes, the resolution also says that we need to make changes and we can improve the functioning of the fund. We certainly can improve its timeliness and look at its cofinancing rates. We also need to ensure that the fund responds properly to the needs of workers, but also deals with issues like skill mismatches.
In the debate this morning, there were some issues about absolving businesses of their responsibilities. There is no real evidence of this. The Commission goes through all the applications very carefully, as we do in the working group as well. Certainly we can tighten up, but I think that is sometimes used by Members as an excuse not to support the fund.
Finally, we await the Commission mid-term evaluation of the fund in November and the Commission proposals in October but, from what I know of what is contained in the Commission proposals, I have to say I welcome them, in particular, their proposal to include farmers and the self-employed within the fund."@en1
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