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"Mr Cutaş, in your question, you mentioned an important point which should be of concern to all of us, namely, protectionist reactions. Personally, I am struck by certain examples of rising populism and protectionism in many of our Member States, which call for swift action on our part. Behind these movements, which are based on social or economic concerns, or sometimes on anger, there indeed lies protectionism, Mr Cutaş. The first victim of this revival of protectionism, or this national, or even nationalist, withdrawal, is the single market, along with what it represents today in terms of Europe’s strength in the world.
We are working on one of the levers, but the 11 others are levers against protectionism, which does not mean that they are against certain types of protection. Europe must also be capable of protecting its citizens and its consumers better, but protection is not synonymous with protectionism. With regard to mobility, which is one of the 12 levers, we are working, as I said just now, on several chapters, including one on professional qualifications. We are going to promote mobility by simplifying the procedures involved in the mutual recognition of qualifications, and by making them more efficient. We are going to propose a European professional card to facilitate mobility throughout the Member States. This is something that Parliament is working on and would like to see introduced.
At a time when we in Europe are faced with a population problem in the shape of the falling number of people of working age, it is, of course, very important for us to have this mobility solution so as to overcome the lack of qualified labour in some countries, through the internal market. Some professions are directly affected, particularly in the health, education and engineering fields, and this is where we want to facilitate mobility."@en1
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