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"Madam President, the documents concerning the first year of the European Semester clearly show that Member States are trying to change the wording proposed by the Commission. Why? Are they trying to make things easier? I do not think so. Today, all Member State governments are fully aware of their responsibility and it is clear that the crisis hits everyone, smaller and larger countries alike. If so, what is the problem? Is the idea bad? No, I think the problem lies in the execution. The evaluations I read are full of clichés: pensions, structural reforms, fiscal stringency, the same things everywhere, and mountains of documents.
Is this what the European Semester is about? Is this what we wanted? Even the best methods can fail if those involved in planning, execution and monitoring do not have a common ground. I would like to believe that Member States do not pursue easier options for their own sake, but rather because of a very clear and simple reason: they cannot do more in this crisis, they have no other options, due to debts, budgetary problems or economic slowdown.
My question to the Commission is this: do you have a proposal that can transpose best practices into the future, and, of course, not in a static environment, but in a climate characterised by dynamic changes and crisis? The intended economic coordination of the European Semester can only work if it is based on mutual values and objectives, on consensus, where the European Parliament has a central role, since this is the only institution that can maintain independent democratic control over both the Commission and Member States."@en1
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